Overview

Countries in Africa, America, Asia and Europe provide the sociolinguistic contexts described in this volume. They involve settings where three or more languages are spoken and where speakers are trilingual. With the focus on family, school and the wider community, the book illustrates personal, social, cultural and political factors contributing to the acquisition and maintenance of trilingualism and highlights a rich pattern of trilingual language use.

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Author:   Charlotte Hoffmann ,  Jehannes Ytsma
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Multilingual Matters
Volume:   43
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9781853596926

ISBN 10:   1853596922
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   19 November 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Part I Contexts of trilingualism: exploring multilingualism in cultural contexts, Larissa Aronin (Haifa University, Israel) & Muiris O'Laoire (Institute of Technology, Tralee, Ireland); being trilingual or multilingual - is there a price to pay? Elite Olshtain and Frieda Nissim-Amitai (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). Part II Multilingual language use: language practices of trilingual youth in two Canadian cities, Patricia Lamarre (Universitry of Montreal) & Diane Dagenai (Simon Fraser University, Canada); language crossing among adolescents in multilingual city areas in Germany, Gabriele Birken-Silverman (Universit t Mannheim, Germany); language ability, language use and language attitudes of young aboriginese in Taiwan Hui-chi Lee (Mingchi Institute of Technology, Taiwan); trilingual input and children's language use in trilingual families in Flanders, Annick De Houwer (University of Antwerp, Belgium). Part III Language policy and education: creating and implementing a language policy in the Israeli educational system, Anat Stavans (Hebrew University and Bert Berl College, Israel) & Doron Narkis (Kaye College & Achva College, Israel); trilingualism in Guinea-Bissau and the question of instructional language, Carol Benson (Stockholm University, Sweden); trilinguals at four in the Basque Country? Felix Etxeberria (University of the Basque Country, Spain); teaching English as a L3 Jasone Cenoz (University of the Basque Country, Spain); English as a L3 in bilingual Finland Kaj Sj holm (Abo Akademi University, Finland).

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Charlotte Hoffmann grew up in a bilingual family in Germany and raised her children to become trilingual. She is Reader in Sociolinguistics at the University of Salford, UK, where she is also Associate Director of the European Studies Research Institute. Her publications cover child trilingualism, trilingual competence and societal multilingualism. Jehannes Ytsma is senior researcher at the Fryske Akademy (The Netherlands). His publications are in the fields of bi- and trilingualism in school and society. He is currently conducting a research project on trilingual primary education in Friesland.

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