Becoming Multilingual

Cecilia Varcasia holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics. She is a Research Fellow at the Language Study Unit of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. Her research focuses on multilingual communication, discourse and conversation analysis, cross-cultural pragmatics and corpus linguistics. She has co-edited Corpora, Discorso e Stile. Corpora, Discourse & Style.

• Contents: Cecilia Varcasia: Introduction – Renate Kärchner-Ober: Effects of National Language Policies and Linguistic Reorganization - Long-term Issues in a Society, Cultures and Languages – Sandro Caruana/David Lasagabaster: Using a Holistic Approach to Explore Language Attitudes in Two Multilingual Contexts: the Basque Country and Malta – Amanda Hilmarsson-Dunn/Rosamond Mitchell: Multilingual Migrants in England: Factors Affecting their Language Use – Enrica Cortinovis: Eliciting Multilingualism: Investigating Linguistic Diversity in Schools – Andreas Braun: The Role of Education in the Language Practices of Trilingual Families – Silvia Melo-Pfeifer: Researchers’ Multilingual Awareness in an International Research Team – Kerstin Kazzazi: Three Languages, Two People, One Conversation – Callie Mady/Wendy Carr: Immigrant Perspectives on French Language Learning in English-Dominant Canadian Communities.

«This volume is highly recommended to postgraduate and senior researchers alike, and will bring the reader up to date with the most recent developments in this exciting field.» (Nicola Carty, The Linguist List)