Ulrike Jessner

Philip Herdina

Herdina and Jessner (both English linguistics, U. of Innsbruck) present a new model and a new set of concepts for interpreting the psycholinguistic phenomena of multilingual individuals. Coverage includes an overview of the main topics raised in multilingualism research, linguistic transfer, universal grammar, recent findings from third language acquisition research, the development and analysis of an alternative dynamic model of multilingualism (DMM), the question of holism and DMM as a holistic approach to multilingualism, theoretical issues of DMM, and future research possibilities and applications of the DMM model. For researchers in second language acquisition, bilingualism and multilingualism, cognitive linguistics, dynamic systems theory and research methodology, and language planners, administrators, and other professionals in multilingualism. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Perspectives of Change in Psycholinguistics

A Dynamic Model of Multilingualism

The model presented in this volume draws together various strands of research - second language acquisition theory, bilingualism research, dynamic systems theory - to develop a novel approach to this challenging subject. Its main focus lies on the psycholinguistic dynamics of multilingualism, the processes of change in time affecting two or more language systems.

Elmar Waibl

This collection of essays and reviews represents the most significant and comprehensive writing on Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors. Miola's edited work also features a comprehensive critical history, coupled with a full bibliography and photographs of major productions of the play from around the world. In the collection, there are five previously unpublished essays. The topics covered in these new essays are women in the play, the play's debt to contemporary theater, its critical and performance histories in Germany and Japan, the metrical variety of the play, and the distinctly modern perspective on the play as containing dark and disturbing elements. To compliment these new essays, the collection features significant scholarship and commentary on The Comedy of Errors that is published in obscure and difficulty accessible journals, newspapers, and other sources. This collection brings together these essays for the first time.

Philip Herdina

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