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Anatoliy V. Kharkhurin - Multilingualism and Creativity - 9781847697943 - V9781847697943
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Multilingualism and Creativity

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Description for Multilingualism and Creativity Paperback. This book presents the author's research into whether speaking multiple languages has a positive impact on an individual's creative potential. It examines how specific factors in multilingual development encourage certain cognitive functions, which in turn facilitate people's creative performance. Series: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFDM; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.

In this monograph, Anatoliy V. Kharkhurin presents the results of his empirical investigation into the impact of multilingual practice on an individual's creative potential. Until now, the relationship between these two activities has received little attention in the academic community. The book makes an attempt to resuscitate this theme and provides a solid theoretical framework supported by contemporary empirical research conducted in a variety of geographic, linguistic, and sociocultural locations. This study demonstrates that several factors - such as the multilinguals' age of language acquisition, proficiency in these languages and experience with cultural settings in which these languages were acquired ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847697943
SKU
V9781847697943
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Anatoliy V. Kharkhurin
Anatoliy V. Kharkhurin is Associate Professor of Psychology at American University of Sharjah. His research focuses mainly on the relationship between multilingualism and creativity, but also includes encoding in multilingual language perception and production, and cognitive and sociocultural aspects of creativity. His work has appeared in several edited volumes and scientific journals. Currently, he is developing a new Bilingual Creative ... Read more

Reviews for Multilingualism and Creativity
Dr. Kharkhurin has provided a strong overview of the theoretical and empirical claims that have been published and thought about in the areas of multilingualism and creativity, and he has done so expertly against a backdrop of the importance of these themes to pedagogy, educational applications, and the emerging field of creativity and bilingual/multilingual cognition. This book should be the ... Read more

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