Demystifying bilingualism : how metaphor guides research towards mythification /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Jansen, Silke (Author), Higuera del Moral, Sonja (Author), Barzen, Jessica Stefanie (Author), Reimann, Pia (Author), Opolka, Markus (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Subjects:	Bilingualism > Psychological aspects. Cognitive grammar. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Item Description:	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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (ix, 376 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9783030870638 3030870634
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-030-87063-8