3 Multilingualism as modern reality and field of knowledge

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures x
4. Foreword xi
5. Introduction: How do we approach multilingualism? 1
6. Part I: The field of multilingualism
7. 1 What is multilingualism? 11
8. 2 Multilingualism as an exceptional resource 27
9. 3 Multilingualism as modern reality and field of knowledge 42
10. Part II: Languages
11. 4 Languages of the world 57
12. 5 Classifications of languages 75
13. Part III: Multilingualism in society
14. 6 Multilingualism at the societal level: basic concepts 95
15. 7 Societal multilingualism: multilingual countries and regions 106
16. Part IV: Individual multilingualism
17. 8 Individual multilingualism: psycholinguistic and cognitive dimensions 125
18. 9 Individual multilingualism: social dimensions 138
19. Part V: How we experience and study multilingualism
20. 10 The ways we experience, treat and use languages 155
21. 11 Methods of studying multilingualism 174
22. 12 Models of multilingualism 190
23. Conclusion: Reflecting on multilingualism 206
24. Bibliography 208
25. Languages index 227
26. Subject index 231