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multilingualism

vr.tr.multilingualism · XCT.QLT

Let an agent explain multilingualism at individual and societal levels, describe patterns such as diglossia and official multilingualism, present research on acquisition and cognition with attribution, and support language policy and education questions neutrally.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context

Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain multilingualism at individual and societal levels, describe patterns such as diglossia and official multilingualism, present research on acquisition and cognition with attribution, and support language policy and education questions neutrally.

The ability of an individual to use more than one language, and the coexistence of several languages within a community or country, ranging from bilingualism and trilingualism to the official multilingualism of states such as Luxembourg, India, Switzerland and South Africa, and including patterns such as diglossia in which languages or varieties serve different functions; multilingualism is studied in linguistics, education and policy and is the norm for most of the world population.

What it is for: Use of several languages.

It can be explain individual and societal multilingualism; describe patterns; present research; support policy questions.

Distinguishing features

Individual and societal levels

Functional distribution

Policy dimension

Global norm

What it looks like

Not physical; a linguistic capability and social condition.

How it is recognised

More than one language in a person or society

Bilingualism, diglossia, official multilingualism

Monolingualism is one language; translation bridges languages

Related models

is a kind of - category

aptitude

is related to - a family of languages in multilingual regions

Romance

is related to - scripts across multilingual orthographies

Latin script

is related to - language in cultural contact

acculturation

In practice

Families and kinds

individual bilingualism and trilingualism

societal multilingualism

official multilingualism of states

diglossia

multilingual education

Standards and regulation

Language policy and official language laws

Minority language rights frameworks

Education policies on languages of instruction

Failure modes and hazards

Myths about bilingual confusion

Politicised language policy debates

Ignoring minority languages

Also called

trilingualismmultilingualism in Indiamultilingualism in Luxembourgdiglossiaofficial multilingualismquadrilingualismcomparison of Afrikaans and Dutch

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What multilingualism is.

Linguistics.

Concept

Concept and levels.

Concept

Concept.

  1. What is multilingualism at individual and societal levels, and how are degrees of proficiency described? definition
  2. Is the individual or societal level meant? boundary

Patterns

Patterns.

Patterns

Patterns.

  1. What are diglossia, code-switching and official multilingualism, and how do they work in countries such as Luxembourg and India? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific country? action
Research Acquisition and cognition.

Attribution.

Acquisition

Acquisition.

Acquisition

Acquisition.

  1. How do people become multilingual, and what does research say about age and methods, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Which findings are contested? boundary

Cognition

Cognition.

Cognition

Cognition.

  1. What does research say about cognitive effects of multilingualism, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation free of myths? boundary
Policy Policy and education.

Attribution.

Policy

Language policy.

Policy

Policy.

  1. How do states manage official multilingualism and minority languages, and what debates exist, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Education

Multilingual education.

Education

Education.

  1. How is multilingual education organised, and what does evidence say about approaches? provenance
  2. Which entry fits bilingual education? action
Learn History and teaching.

Education.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How has multilingualism been the norm historically, and how did monolingual ideologies arise? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can multilingualism be taught as a topic in linguistics and education? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should diglossia be a separate entry?
  • How should policy documents be linked?
  • How should research be linked?