International Association of Multilingualism

The International Association of Multilingualism (IAM) is a network by and for scholars who research the entire spectrum of linguistics . The focus here is on dealing with multilingualism . The IAM strives for constant international exchange between its scientists and students; For example, an award for the best “student paper” is given at the conference. The focus of her multilingualism research is on third and fourth language acquisition by children, but also on the general preoccupation with the individual and social characteristics of multilingualism. The members of the IAM are scientists from a wide variety of linguistic areas such as psycholinguistics , sociolinguistics and applied linguistics .

history

The IAM was founded in 2003 by Jasone Cenoz , Britta Hufeisen and Ulrike Jessner as part of the conference in Tralee (see below). It currently (as of June 2014) has almost 200 members on all continents.

The current members of the extended board (as of August 2014) come from Germany, Israel, Austria, Poland, Spain, Great Britain and the United States.

Board

2005–2009 Britta Hufeisen
2009–2014 Ulrike Jessner
since 2014 Jasone Cenoz

activities

Every six months the IAM members hold conferences on multilingualism research:

1999: First conference at the University of Innsbruck , Austria
2001: Second conference at the Institute of Technology, Tralee , Ireland
2003: Third conference at Stenden Hogeschool Leeuwarden , Netherlands
2005: Fourth conference in the University of Friborg , Switzerland
2007: Fifth conference at the University of Stirling , United Kingdom
2009: Sixth conference in the Free University of Bozen , Italy
2011: Seventh conference in Warsaw University , Poland
2012: Eighth conference at Jaume I University, Castelló de la Plana , Spain
2014: Ninth conference at Uppsala University , Sweden

The main lingua franca of the IAM is English. However, lectures will also be given in other languages such as B. French, German and Spanish held.

Since 2010, smaller workshops have been held between the main conferences. The founding member Jean-Marc Dewaele from Birkbeck College , England , founded this tradition, which was held by further meetings in 2012 in the USA at MIT, organized by Susanne Flynn, and in 2013 in Poland, at the University of Szczyrk , organized by Danuta Gabrys.

aims

The IAM founded a research network during the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée Conference in Essen in 2008 and is also a member of the European Center for Modern Languages in Graz. The English language publication organ of the IAM, the International Journal of Multilingualism , edited by Jasone Cenoz and Ulrike Jessner, has existed since 2004. Current editors are Danuta Gabrys and Eva Vetter. The International Journal of Multilingualism appears four times a year. In addition, a newsletter is sent to IAM members every six months. Associated with the IAM, further publications on multilingualism research have appeared, which are edited by Britta Hufeisen and Beate Lindemann. All publication languages are welcome here.

Individual evidence

literature

Chantal Cali, Eva Vetter: Le profil plurilingue des apprenants et ses effets sur la production d'un écrit fonctionnel complexe en français langue étrangère. In: Martha Gibson, Britta Hufeisen, Cornelia Personne (eds.): Multilingualism: learning and teaching Multilingualism: Learning and Insgtruction Le Plurilinguisme: apprendre et enseigner O Plurilinguismo: aprender e ensinar. Selected papers from the L3 conference in Freiburg / Switzerland. 2005, pp. 121-134.
J. Cenoz, U. Jessner (Ed.): English in Europe: The acquisition of a third language. Multilingual Matters, Clevedon 2000.
J. Cenoz, B. Horseshoe, U. Jessner (Eds.): Crosslinguistic Influence in Third Language Acquisition. Multilingual Matters, Clevedon 2001.
J. Cenoz, B. Hufeisen, U. Jessner (Eds.): Looking Beyond Second Language Acquisition: Studies in Third language Acquisition and Trilingualism. Stauffenburg, Tübingen, 2001.
J. Cenoz, B. Horseshoe, U. Jessner (Eds.): The Multilingual Lexicon. Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2003.
Jean-Marc Dewaele: Emotions in multiple languages. 2nd Edition. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke 2013.
Susanne Flynn, C. Foley, I. Vinnitskaya: The Cumulative-Enhancement Model for Language Acquisition: Comparing Adults' and Children's Patterns of Development in First, Second and Third Language Acquisition of Relative Clauses. In: International Journal of Multilingualism. Volume 1, No. 1, 2004, pp. 3-17.
D. Gabryś-Barker (Ed.): Cross-linguistic Influences in Multilingual Language Acquisition. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2012.
D. Gabryś-Barker: Aspects of Multilingual Storage, Processing and Retrieval. University of Silesia Press, Katowice 2005.
P. Herdina, U. Jessner: A dynamic model of multilingualism: Perspectives of change in psycholinguistics. Multilingual Matters, Clevedon 2002.
U. Jessner: Linguistic awareness in multilinguals: English as a third language. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK 2006.
M. Pilar Safont Jorda: Pragmatic Competence in Multilingual Contexts. New York, Wiley & Sons 2013.
C. Kramsch: The multilingual subject. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010.
Johannes Müller-Lancé: La corrélation entre la ressemblance morphologique des mots et la probabilité du transfert interlinguistique. In: Gerhard Kischel (Ed.): EuroCom - Multilingual Europe through intercomprehension in language families. Proceedings of the international specialist congress, Hagen, 9. – 10. November 2001. FernUniversität / Gesamtthochschule, Hagen 2002, pp. 141–159. (also appears under Aachen: Shaker)

Web links

IAM website

[1] Best student paper prize ( Memento from November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[2] The ECML and the Professional Network Forum

[3] International Journal of Multilingualism on Taylor & Francis Online

[4] Book series on multilingualism and multiple language learning and acquisition on Schneider Verlag Hohengehren GmbH