Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Acknowledgements
4. Contents IX
5. Disclaimer: Gender neutral language
6. Part I: Theoretical background
7. 1 Overview of the book 1
8. 2 Terminological discussion of bi-and multilingualism 7
9. 3 Mutual intelligibility of languages 22
10. 4 Theories of multiple language acquisition 28
11. 5 Linguistic transfer as emergent property of learning multiple languages 38
12. 6 Theories of motivation and individual behaviour 45
13. Part II: The project
14. 7 The situation of foreign language education in Hungary 55
15. 8 Research design of the empirical study 66
16. 9 Methodology 79
17. 10 Findings 103
18. 11 Conclusions and outlook 178
19. Appendix 185
20. References
21. Index 211