21.2328, Qs: Bi/Multilingualism and Specific Genres of Writing

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Subject: 21.2328, Qs: Bi/Multilingualism and Specific Genres of Writing

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Date: 24-May-2010
From: Deborah Chua < debchua2004 at yahoo.com.sg >
Subject: Bi/Multilingualism and Specific Genres of Writing
 

	
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Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 11:47:30
From: Deborah Chua [debchua2004 at yahoo.com.sg]
Subject: Bi/Multilingualism and Specific Genres of Writing

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Dear LINGUIST List subscribers,

I have a question which I was wondering if anyone could help me with.
 
Would anyone know of any studies that empricially examine 
bi/multilingualism in relation to specific genres of writing (e.g. narrative 
writing, expository/academic writing, etc.)? 
 
Most studies on multilingualism, I notice, are on spoken language or 
specific linguistic features. Then there are also those that look at how 
literacy development (i.e. reading and writing in its most general sense, 
like orthograhy, etc.) in young children can be helped or hindered by 
developing that literacy in more than one language, aka multilingually. 
There are also many studies, most of which are not directly centred on 
multilingualism or do not even mention the term, 'multiligualism,' in their 
discourse, but which make speculative claims about problems faced in 
say, academic writing, to English not being the first language of its 
writer or to interference from the writer's 'other' language(s). 
 
But I do not seem to be able to find any research that empirically 
examines bi/multilingualism in relation to a particular genre of writing? If 
anyone knows of any such studies, I would appreciate any references, 
because I'm interested to know how previous research along this line 
was undertaken, i.e. presuming that there is previous research along 
this line?  
 
Many thanks in advance.

Deborah Chua 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis




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