New perspectives on multilingualism and L2 acquisition: an introduction

• Autores: Leyre Ruiz de Zarobe, Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe
• Localización: International journal of multilingualism, ISSN 1479-0718, Vol. 12, Nº. 4, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Multilingualism and L2 acquisition: new perspectives on current research), págs. 393-403
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article focuses on the description of one of the main features of current multilingualism, complexity, through a selection of issues related to its role in L2 acquisition, as the proper notion of multilingualism, multilingualism as a social phenomenon and multilingualism as a multidimensional phenomenon. We also present several aspects of multilingualism in its relationship to L2 acquisition, notably some involved in the notion of multilingualism as a holistic process, and the contexts of multilingual language acquisition, and illustrate new findings of multilingualism in these areas, both from a theoretical and research perspective.