Multilingual norms
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG
ISBN :
9783631596371
Date de publication :
22 janv. 2010
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
550 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
Multilinguals are not multiple monolinguals. Yet multilingual assessment proceeds through monolingual norms, as if fair conclusions were possible in the absence of fair comparison. In addition, multilingualism concerns what people do with language, not what languages do to people. This book redresses these paradoxes.