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The Multiple Realities of Multilingualism
This chapter is in the book The Multiple Realities of Multilingualism

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents xi
  3. Chapter 1 Multilingualism: Emic and etic perspectives 1
  4. Chapter 2 A long, adventurous road to (im)perfection 33
  5. Chapter 3 Multilingualism as a kaleidoscopic experience: The mini universes within 53
  6. Chapter 4 My ways to Rome: Routes to multilingualism 75
  7. Chapter 5 Incomplete journeys: A quest for multilingualism 93
  8. Chapter 6 The joys and pitfalls of multiple language acquisition: The workings of the mind of a simultaneous multilingual 115
  9. Chapter 7 A life of learning languages 135
  10. Chapter 8 Linguistic cunning: From Burton to babelfish 153
  11. Chapter 9 A “new breed” of American? 171
  12. Chapter 10 Where art and nature meet 191
  13. Chapter 11 A multilingual journey from East to West 209
  14. Chapter 12 Roots, branches and seeds 223
  15. Chapter 13 Expanding languages, expanding worlds 243
  16. Chapter 14 The well and the bucket: The emic and etic perspectives combined 265
  17. Backmatter 293
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110224481.53

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents xi
  3. Chapter 1 Multilingualism: Emic and etic perspectives 1
  4. Chapter 2 A long, adventurous road to (im)perfection 33
  5. Chapter 3 Multilingualism as a kaleidoscopic experience: The mini universes within 53
  6. Chapter 4 My ways to Rome: Routes to multilingualism 75
  7. Chapter 5 Incomplete journeys: A quest for multilingualism 93
  8. Chapter 6 The joys and pitfalls of multiple language acquisition: The workings of the mind of a simultaneous multilingual 115
  9. Chapter 7 A life of learning languages 135
  10. Chapter 8 Linguistic cunning: From Burton to babelfish 153
  11. Chapter 9 A “new breed” of American? 171
  12. Chapter 10 Where art and nature meet 191
  13. Chapter 11 A multilingual journey from East to West 209
  14. Chapter 12 Roots, branches and seeds 223
  15. Chapter 13 Expanding languages, expanding worlds 243
  16. Chapter 14 The well and the bucket: The emic and etic perspectives combined 265
  17. Backmatter 293
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