Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Bi/Multilingualism and Specific Genres of Writing
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| Author: | Deborah Chua | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Applied Linguistics
Discourse Analysis |
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| Query: |
Dear LINGUIST List subscribers,
I have a question which I was wondering if anyone could help me with. Would anyone know of any studies that empricially examine bi/multilingualism in relation to specific genres of writing (e.g. narrative writing, expository/academic writing, etc.)? Most studies on multilingualism, I notice, are on spoken language or specific linguistic features. Then there are also those that look at how literacy development (i.e. reading and writing in its most general sense, like orthograhy, etc.) in young children can be helped or hindered by developing that literacy in more than one language, aka multilingually. There are also many studies, most of which are not directly centred on multilingualism or do not even mention the term, 'multiligualism,' in their discourse, but which make speculative claims about problems faced in say, academic writing, to English not being the first language of its writer or to interference from the writer's 'other' language(s). But I do not seem to be able to find any research that empirically examines bi/multilingualism in relation to a particular genre of writing? If anyone knows of any such studies, I would appreciate any references, because I'm interested to know how previous research along this line was undertaken, i.e. presuming that there is previous research along this line? Many thanks in advance. Deborah Chua |
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| LL Issue: | 21.2328 | |
| Date posted: | 24-May-2010 | |
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