TY - BOOK ID - 77927304 TI - Handbook of Multilingualism and Multilingual Communication AU - Auer, Peter AU - Bailey, Benjamin AU - Baker, Colin AU - Baquedano-López, Patricia AU - Bartlett, Lesley AU - Day, Dennis AU - Dewaele, Jean-Marc AU - Edwards, John AU - Extra, Guus AU - García, Ofelia AU - Gardner-Chloros, Penelope AU - Heller, Monica AU - Jørgensen, J Normann AU - Kattan, Shlomy AU - Kessler, Jörg-U AU - Kleifgen, JoAnne AU - Lanza, Elizabeth AU - Li, David CS AU - Muysken, Pieter AU - Paradis, Johanne AU - Pienemann, Manfred AU - Quist, Pia AU - Roberts, Celia AU - Rothweiler, Monika AU - Stroud, Christopher AU - Wagner, Johannes AU - Wei, Li AU - Gafaranga, Joseph AU - Martin, Peter PY - 2008 SN - 128219447X 9786612194474 311019855X 9783110198553 9783110182163 3110182165 9781282194472 6612194472 311021251X 9783110212518 PB - Berlin Boston DB - UniCat KW - Bilingualism. KW - Multilingualism. KW - Plurilingualism KW - Polyglottism KW - Language and languages KW - Languages in contact KW - Multilingualism KW - Bilinguisme KW - Applied linguistics. KW - language contact, interpersonal and international communication. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77927304 AB - This volume is an up-to-date, concise introduction to bilingualism and multilingualism in schools, in the workplace, and in international institutions in a globalized world. The authors use a problem-solving approach and ask broad questions about bilingualism and multilingualism in society, including the question of language acquisition versus maintenance of bilingualism. Key features: provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of multilingualism and multilingual communication; presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field; offers solutions of everyday language-related problems; international handbook with contributions from renown experts in the field. ER -