Multilingualism in the Brain. Problems and perspectives in neurolinguistics and a reflection on the topic's relevance for the language classroom

      Аннотация: Multilingualism is an omnipresent phenomenon in our modern society and since knowledge of multiple languages is becoming more and more of a necessity in order to successfully master everyday life, we can observe monolingualism becoming more of an exception than of a rule. In this work, I am focussing on the resource of human language, namely on the human brain, by doing a neurolinguistic state of the art analysis. I am pointing out the potentials, perspectives and also problems of neurolinguistic research, as well as give a practical input for language teachers (and also learners) in terms of how to make use of neurolinguistic knowledge.

Ключевые слова: Motivation, Fremdsprachenunterricht, Ged?chtnis, Memory, ERP, Sprache, fMRI, PET, Gehirn, languages, Mehrsprachigkeit, MRI, neuroimaging, multilingualism, ESL, Intention, studies, DMM, DST, language, universal grammar, Positron Emission Tomography, brain, multilingualismus, neurolinguistic, Neurolinguistics, Neurolinguistik, Language Classroom, Klassenzimmer, EFL, anatomic overview, Broca, Wernicke, language location, Sprachen, human organ, vingerhoets, krick, Paradis, dynamic approach, neuroimaging methods, haemodynamic methods, resonance imaging, electrophysiological, erf, event related, Potentials, Magnetic Fields, hcp, Connectome, nervous system, Nervensystem, nervenbahnen, gehirnstr?nge, CNS, PNS, Brodmann, dynamic systems theory, dynamic model of multilingualism