Metaphors of multilingualism: changing attitudes towards language diversity in literature, linguistics and philosophy

PrefaceIntroductionPart I Bodies1. The Patched-Up Face of Multilingualism 2. Organic Metaphors of Language3. Grotesque Body Images4. Body Parts: Tongues and Eyes5. The Embodied Plurilingual SelfPart II Family Ties6. Mother-Tongues and Linguistic Family Trees7. Beyond Bilingual Bigamy8. Interlingual Predicaments 9. Linguistic Promiscuity and Incestuous Bisexualism10. Adoptive and Stepmother TonguesPart III Spaces11. Territorializing National Languages12. The Centrifugal Forces of Variation and Stratification13. Continents and Archipelagos14. The Ocean of Heteroglossia15. Networks and Constellations ConclusionReferencesIndex

Introduction -- Part I. Bodies: Speaking in Tongues: 1. The Patched-Up Face of Multilingualism -- 2. Organic Metaphors of Language -- 3. Grotesque Body Images -- 4. Body Parts: Tongues and Eyes -- 5. The Embodied Plurilingual Self -- Part II. Family Ties: Infidelity, Bigamy and Incest: 6. Mother-Tongues and Linguistic Family Trees -- 7. Beyond Bilingual Bigamy -- 8. Interlingual Predicaments -- 9. Linguistic Promiscuity and Incestuous Bisexualism -- 10. Adoptive and Stepmother Tongues -- Part III Spaces: The Seas of Plurilingualism: 11. Territorializing National Languages -- 12. The Centrifugal Forces of Variation and Stratification -- 13. Continents and Archipelagos -- 14. The Ocean of Heteroglossia -- 15. Networks and Constellations -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.