Selves in two languages : bilinguals' verbal enactments of identity in French and Portuguese /

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Bilinguals often report that they feel like a different person in their two languages. In the words of one bilingual in Koven's book, "When I speak Portuguese, automatically, I'm in a different world it's a different color." Although testimonials like this abound in everyday...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Koven, Michèle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2007.
Colección:Studies in bilingualism ; v. 34.
Temas:
Bilingualism > Psychological aspects.
Identity (Psychology)
French language > Social aspects.
Portuguese language > Social aspects.
Identité (Psychologie)
Français (Langue) > Aspect social.
Portugais (Langue) > Aspect social.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > French.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Romance Languages (Other)
Bilingualism > Psychological aspects
French language > Social aspects
Portuguese language > Social aspects
Tweetaligheid.
Identiteit.
Mehrsprachigkeit > Identität.
Identität > Mehrsprachigkeit.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Bilinguals often report that they feel like a different person in their two languages. In the words of one bilingual in Koven's book, "When I speak Portuguese, automatically, I'm in a different world it's a different color." Although testimonials like this abound in everyday conversation among bilinguals, there has been scant systematic investigation of this intriguing phenomenon. Focusing on French-Portuguese bilinguals, the adult children of Portuguese migrants in France, this book provides an empirically grounded, theoretical account of how the same speakers enact, experience, and are perce.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 327 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-282) and index.
ISBN:9789027291899
9027291896
ISSN:0928-1533 ;

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