The role of dialect exposure in receptive multilingualism

Objective
Applied Linguistics Review (ALR) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that bridges the gap between linguistics and applied areas such as education, psychology and human development, sociology and politics. It serves as a testing ground for the articulation of original ideas and approaches in the study of real-world issues in which language plays a crucial role. ALR brings together critical reflections of current debates and new theoretical and empirical research.

Topics
Aspects of the linguistic and communicative competence of the individual:

• bilingualism and multilingualism
• first or second language acquisition
• literacy
• language disorders

Language and communication related problems in and between societies:

• linguistic discrimination
• language conflict
• communication in the workplace
• language policy and language planning 
• and language ideology

Articles that not only report new research findings but also engage in philosophical and methodological debates and point to directions of future research are particularly welcome.

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