Demystifying bilingualism : how metaphor guides research towards mythification /: how metaphor guides research towards mythification. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Silke Jansen, Sonja Higuera del Moral, Jessica Stefanie Barzen, Pia Reimann, Markus Opolka.
• Authors: Jansen, Silke; Higuera del Moral, Sonja; Barzen, Jessica Stefanie; Reimann, Pia; Opolka, Markus
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction.Chapter 2: Historical development and state of the art in research on the bilingual advantage.- Chapter 3: Unravelling language myths in academic discourse: Methodological considerations.- Chapter 4: Languages as objects, substances, and containers: The ontological foundations of language myths.Chapter 5: National narratives as language myths: The metonymic conflation of languages, speakers and nations.Chapter 6: Mind and language between the organic and the anorganic.Chapter 7: The survival of the fittest: contention as the leading metaphor in understanding bilingualism.Chapter 8: Deconstructing the "bilingual advantage": The fallacies of metaphorical thinking in science.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 404.2019; Bilingualism -- Psychological aspects; Cognitive grammar
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030870638
• Related ISBNs: 9783030870621
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