multilingualism
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.
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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
is related to - a family of languages in multilingual regions
is related to - scripts across multilingual orthographies
is related to - language in cultural contact
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
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.
- What is multilingualism at individual and societal levels, and how are degrees of proficiency described? definition
- Is the individual or societal level meant? boundary
Patterns
Patterns.
Patterns
Patterns.
- What are diglossia, code-switching and official multilingualism, and how do they work in countries such as Luxembourg and India? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific country? action
Research Acquisition and cognition.
Attribution.
Acquisition
Acquisition.
Acquisition
Acquisition.
- How do people become multilingual, and what does research say about age and methods, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which findings are contested? boundary
Cognition
Cognition.
Cognition
Cognition.
- What does research say about cognitive effects of multilingualism, with findings attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation free of myths? boundary
Policy Policy and education.
Attribution.
Policy
Language policy.
Policy
Policy.
- How do states manage official multilingualism and minority languages, and what debates exist, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Education
Multilingual education.
Education
Education.
- How is multilingual education organised, and what does evidence say about approaches? provenance
- Which entry fits bilingual education? action
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How has multilingualism been the norm historically, and how did monolingual ideologies arise? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can multilingualism be taught as a topic in linguistics and education? action
- 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?