Frontmatter

Articles in the same Issue

1. Frontmatter
2. Writing systems and language contact in the Euro- and Sinocentric worlds
3. Globalization in the margins: toward a re-evalution of language and mobility
4. Co-construction of ``doctorable'' conditions in multilingual medical encounters: Cases from urban Japan
5. EFL motivation development in an increasingly globalized local context: A longitudinal study of Chinese undergraduates
6. Mentor invitations for reflection in post-observation conferences: Some preliminary considerations
7. Special Thematic Section
8. The effectiveness of Lingua Receptiva (LaRa) in multilingual communication – Editorial
9. How to check understanding across languages. An introduction into the Pragmatic Index of Language Distance (PILaD) usable to measure mutual understanding in receptive multilingualism, illustrated by conversations in Russian, Ukrainian and Polish
10. English as a lingua franca versus lingua receptiva in problem-solving conversations between Dutch and German students
11. Receptive multilingualism in Turkish-Turkmen academic counseling sessions
12. Facilitating mutual understanding in everyday interaction between Finns and Estonians
13. The role of dialect exposure in receptive multilingualism
14. A matter of reception: ELF and LaRa compared