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Mar 1, 2013 · This article looks at the definitions and scope of multilingualism and the different perspectives used in its study. Multilingualism is a very common phenomenon that has received much...
Nov 26, 2023 · Firstly, we address the crucial but complex question of who is multilingual. We present and discuss widely diverging views, from Bloomfield’s ( 1933) full fluency account to Grosjean’s ( 1989) more pragmatic assertion, which assumes basic functionality in two (or more) languages.
- A Multilingual World
- Classifying Multilingualism
- Dealing with Multilingual Realities
- The Bilingual or Multilingual Individual
Multilingual realities arise in a number of ways. Immigrants, whether settlers or invaders, bring languages into contact and sometimes, as with imperialist and colonial expansion, it is unnecessary for many people to physically move; their language may make its presence felt through military, religious, or economic force requiring relatively small ...
Understanding the dynamics of multilingualism means coming to grips with many complicated linkages between languages and virtually all other areas of social life. While it is no doubt true that every language – contact situation is unique, that uniqueness arises because of the differential weightings and combi-nations of elements that are, themselv...
Although the exigencies of language contact give rise to multilingual abilities, there are obviously many occasions when limitations in such abilities necessitate some means of bridging a language gap. There are two main methods here. The fi rst, the use of lingua francas , is either part of the existing multilingual picture, or necessitates an ex...
The fact that a majority of the world ’ s population, a great many of whom are poorly educated, have at least some level of multilingual competence surely indi-cates that language repertoire expansion is not a particularly rare feat. And yet, especially within dominant linguistic groups, it is common to fi nd references to the diffi culties involve...
Jul 10, 2020 · This article looks at the definitions and scope of multilingualism and the different perspectives used in its study. Multilingualism is a very common phenomenon that has received much...
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Mar 16, 2022 · Interview-based research in multilingual situations can present researchers with specific ethical challenges relating to language-based power play, data handling and presentation.
The analysis and understanding of multilingualism, and its relationship to identity in the face of globalization, migration and the increasing dominance of English as a lingua franca, make it a complex and challenging problem that requires insights from a range of disciplines.
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We illustrate our line of argumentation by extending insights from published work comparing L2 and L3 acquisition, and provide an example of one such intervention that could be used to induce grammatical change (predicted) for erroneous initially transferred representations made by L3 learners. General introduction.
