Open AccessA Review of the Book: The Many Faces of Multiligualism. Language Status, Learning and Use Across Contexts
Author(s) -
Agnieszka Maciąg-Fiedler
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
socjolingwistyka
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2545-0468
pISSN - 0208-6808
DOI - 10.17651/socjoling.35.23
Subject(s) - multilingualism , sociolinguistics , linguistics , sociology , applied linguistics , neuroscience of multilingualism , multilingual education , philosophy
Presented text is a review of the book The Many Faces of Multilingualism. Language Status, Learning and Use Across Contexts, edited by Piotr Romanowski and Martin Guardado. Discussed book undertakes the issues of multilingualism, one of the most vivid phenomenon in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics recently. The volume consisting of 11 chapters, is divided in two parts: ‘(Socio) Linguistic Aspects of Multilingualism’ and ‘Pedagogical Aspects of Multilingualism’. The contributors (all multilingual), coming from different countries (e.g. Poland, Latvia, Canada, Brazil, Japan, South Africa), focuse on specific questions related to multilingual education and analyze challenges of the multilingual society.