This paper visualizes why the identity of multilingual speakers cannot be described
adequately with the term “multilingual identity”. Exemplarily, the multilingual profiles of …

Abstract This study analyzes Chinese, Spanish, English, Thai, Japanese, Korean, French
and German speakers' motivation to teach their first language as a foreign language (FL) …

Contact is often cited as an explanation for the convergence of areal features and has been
proposed as an explanation for the emergence of tonal languages in Mainland Southeast …

Thailand is a country where ethnic diversity and multilingualism are deeply embedded in the
cultural landscape, and understanding the construction of ethnic identity provides crucial …

Urban spaces serve as affective landscapes, embodying a novel research perspective and
direction within the study of linguistic landscapes. This research delves into the linguistic …

ABSTRACT In Bangkok, Thailand, one of the top tourist destinations in the world, foreign
language skills in the tourism industry are seen as a form of linguistic capital. Drawing upon …

Many languages are endangered or facing extinction in this rapidly globalized world. A
major cause of language death across the world is language shift (Dweik & Al-Refai, 2015; …

Abstract In 2017, the Welsh Government introduced Cymraeg 2050, an ambitious strategy to
increase the number of Welsh speakers in Wales (Welsh Government, 2017). The Welsh …

This study presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of verbal affixes in two
Austronesian languages, Riau-Malay and Sundanese, with a focus on their morphological …

Taking a comparative perspective, we review in this chapter the trends and challenges in the
learning of national and local languages in the Asia-Pacific countries. Our review focuses on …