Language acquisition and use in multilingual contexts : theory and practice

This volume brings together current linguistic research in a range of predominantly multilingual contexts. The authors draw on data from different languages and speech communities around the world, and together the chapters offer a broad picture of language acquisition, development and use – among both children and adults. While this is a valuable undertaking in its own right, the main reason for this collection is to pay tribute to Gisela Hakansson on her 65th birthday. Throughout her career Gisela Hakansson has made, and continues to make, a very significant contribution to the field of linguistics, in particular through her research in first and second language acquisition, multilingualism and language impairment.