Thinking and speaking in two languages /
Until recently, the history of debates about language and thought has been a history of thinking of language in the singular. The purpose of this volume is to reverse this trend and to begin unlocking the mysteries surrounding thinking and speaking in bi- and multilingual speakers. If languages infl...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol ; Buffalo :
Multilingual Matters,
2011
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| Series: | Bilingual education and bilingualism.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Until recently, the history of debates about language and thought has been a history of thinking of language in the singular. The purpose of this volume is to reverse this trend and to begin unlocking the mysteries surrounding thinking and speaking in bi- and multilingual speakers. If languages influence the way we think, what happens to those who speak more than one language? And if they do not, how can we explain the difficulties second language learners experience in mapping new words and structures onto real-world referents? The contributors to this volume put forth a novel approach to sec. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 267 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847693389 1847693385 9781847694935 1847694934 128314767X 9781283147675 1847693377 9781847693372 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
