The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Multi-Competence

A compelling account of the multi-competence view, which explores the similarities and differences between bilinguals and monolinguals.

Vivian Cook (Edited by), Li Wei (Edited by)

9781107059214, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 April 2016

574 pages, 14 b/w illus. 21 tables
25.7 x 18.2 x 3.5 cm, 1.26 kg

'Vivian Cook's inspiring notion of multi-competence has sown seeds in many different areas of language research and this collection that Li Wei and he have put together provides ample proof of that. This should rapidly become standard reading for all these interested in enlightened approaches to language use and language users, monolinguals and multilinguals alike.' Mike Sharwood Smith, Emeritus Professor of Languages, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh and Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Edinburgh

How are two or more languages learned and contained in the same mind or the same community? This handbook presents an up-to-date view of the concept of multi-competence, exploring the research questions it has generated and the methods that have been used to investigate it. The book brings together psychologists, sociolinguists, Second Language Acquisition (SLA) researchers, and language teachers from across the world to look at how multi-competence relates to their own areas of study. This comprehensive, state-of-the-art exploration of multi-competence research and ideas offers a powerful critique of the values and methods of classical SLA research, and an exciting preview of the future implications of multi-competence for research and thinking about language. It is an essential reference for all those concerned with language learning, language use and language teaching.

1. Premises of multi-competence Vivian Cook
2. Research questions and methodology of multi-competence Goro Murahata, Yoshiko Murahata and Vivian Cook
3. Multi-competence in Second Language Acquisition: inroads into the mainstream? Lourdes Ortega
4. Not through a glass darkly: refocusing the psycholinguistic study of bilingualism through a 'bivocal' lens Jyotsna Vaid and Renata Meuter
5. Multilingualism research Rita Francheschini
6. Multi-competence and dynamic/complex systems Kees de Bot
7. Multi-competence and dominant language constellation Larissa Aronin
8. Consequences of multi-competence for sociolinguistics research Li Wei
9. A usage-based account of multi-competence Joan Kelly Hall
10. Multi-competence and syntax Éva Berkes and Suzanne Flynn
11. Syntactic processing Leah Roberts
12. Language and cognition in bilinguals Annette M. B. de Groot
13. Gestures in multi-competence Amanda Brown
14. Pragmatic transfer in foreign language learners: a multi-competence perspective I-Ru Su
15. Multi-competence and endangered language revitalization Tracy Hirata-Edds and Lizette Peter
16. Multi-competence and first language attrition Bregtje Seton and Monika S. Schmid
17. Cognitive consequences of multi-competence Panos Athanasopoulos
18. Space, motion and thinking for language Anna Ewert
19. Multi-competence and personality Jean-Marc Dewaele
20. Multi-competence as a creative act: ramifications of the multi-competence paradigm for creativity research and creativity fostering education Anatoliy V. Kharkhurin
21. Multi-competence and language teaching Virginia M. Scott
22. Multi-competence and emotion Jean-Marc Dewaele
23. Multi-competence and English as a lingua franca Ian MacKenzie
24. A critical reaction from second language acquisition research David Singleton
25. Questions of multi-competence: a written interview on issues raised in this book Guillaume Thierry
26. Epilogue: multi-competence and the translanguaging instinct Li Wei.

Subject Areas: Speaking / pronunciation skills [CJCK], Bilingualism & multilingualism [CFDM], Language acquisition [CFDC], Sociolinguistics [CFB]