Twelve Lectures on Multilingualism

David Singleton is Fellow Emeritus, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, Professor Emeritus, University of Pannonia, Hungary and Professor, University of Applied Sciences, Konin, Poland. He is the author of numerous monographs and textbooks, including Key Topics in Second Language Acquisition (2014, with Vivian Cook, Multilingual Matters) and Beyond Age Effects in Instructional L2 Learning (2017, with Simone Pfenninger, Multilingual Matters).Larissa Aronin is Associate Professor at the Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel. She has published numerous articles and books on multilingualism, including The Material Culture of Multilingualism (Aronin et al., 2018, Springer) and Multilingualism (Aronin & Singleton, 2012, John Benjamins).

Advanced students and experienced scholars alike will find each of the 12 chapters in this book deeply thought provoking. Combined, the lectures offer a comprehensive view of current thinking on the use and learning of more than two languages. The expert contributors and editors are to be applauded for having done an excellent job and a great service to the field.

• Larissa Aronin and David Singleton: IntroductionPart 1 Multilingualism in Society and Education Larissa Aronin: What is Multilingualism?Danuta Gabryś-Barker: Applied Linguistics and MultilingualismBritta Hufeisen and Ulrike Jessner: The Psycholinguistics of Multiple Language Learning and TeachingJasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter: Educational Policy and MultilingualismPart 2 Aspects of Individual Multilingualism John Edwards: Multilingual IndividualsGessica de Angelis: Cross-linguistic InteractionsEma Ushioda: Motivation and MultilingualismCarmen Muñoz and David Singleton: Age and MultilingualismPart 3. The Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics of MultilingualismJulia Festman: Psycholinguistic Aspects of MultilingualismMcLoddy Kadyamusuma, Eve Higby and Loraine Obler: The Neurolinguistics of MultilingualismPart 4. Forms of Multilingualism in the Past and PresentKurt Braunmüller: Historical MultilingualismJan D. ten Thije: Receptive MultilingualismSubject IndexName Index