" I have but one language?yet that language is not mine." This book intertwines theoretical reflection with historical and cultural particularity to enunciate,

The first book in the humanities and social sciences to offer an extensive conceptual definition of monolingualism, based on literary, applied-linguistic, techn

In 1578, the Anglo-Italian author, translator, and teacher John Florio wrote that English was 'a language that wyl do you good in England, but passe Dover, it i

Monolingualism-the idea that having just one language is the norm is only a recent invention, dating to late-eighteenth-century Europe. Yet it has become a domi

The ability to speak two or more languages is a common human experience, whether for children born into bilingual families, young people enrolled in foreign lan