37.2786, Books: Multilingualism: Berthele (2026)

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Date: 01-Sep-2026
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [support at langsci-press.org]
Subject: Multilingualism: Berthele (2026)


Title: Multilingualism
Subtitle: Learning and using multiple languages and varieties
Series Title: Textbooks in Language Science
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Language Science Press
           http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/589

Author(s): Raphael Berthele

eBook

Abstract:

Many people use several languages and dialects in their daily lives.
What are the current scholarly models for and insights into this
stunning capacity of the human mind? The book discusses research into
multilingual practices and multiple language learning, from both
cognitive and sociolinguistic angles. Discussion focuses on the
repertoires of multilinguals and the processes of cross-linguistic
influence, transfer and convergence that are typically observed on the
levels of linguistic patterns and matter. Multilingualism is here
construed as a continuous, multidimensional phenomenon including more
or less linguistically similar subsystems evolving on different skill
levels depending on multilinguals’ needs and affordances. The most
important theoretical views that shape the field are discussed and
compared, and evidence from different contexts considered: tutored and
untutored learning, minority language settings, multimodal repertoires
with sign languages and multilingualism fostered by foreign language
instruction. Moreover, different types of learners are discussed, from
hyperpolyglots via bidialectals to ‘ordinary’ second language users.
The book scrutinizes scholarly insights and debates with respect to
their relevance for language policy and instructed language learning.

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Sociolinguistics

Written In: English (eng, stan1293)



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