Aspects of multilingualism
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.58881/jllscs.v1i2.42Keywords:
multilingualism, diglossia, polylingualism, modelling varietyAbstract
In this paper the researcher needs to discuss fundamental issues related to multilingualism. The first is the concept of multilingualism and the different perspectives on it. Multilingualism can refer to either the use of language or the competence of an individual or to the language situation in an entire nation or society. The multilingualism describes the co- existence, contact and interaction of different languages. The co- existence can take place on a social or individual level. A society can have many different languages spoken and used by different group of peoples. The people themselves do not necessarily have to be multilingual. Likewise, individuals in a community can be multilingual while only recognizes one language for public use through legislation and other form of regulatory control. For society or an individual to become multilingual, contacts and interaction between languages are essential. The coexistence of different languages in society or an individual presupposes fundamental things that are different languages, these different languages have the possibility to come into contact to each other and human being is able to learn and use several languages and also human societies are able to adapt and manage multiple languages. In the next issue we will look at how the choice between languages can be given the same social and affective meaning as the choice of style in a language and the vitality of linguistic diversity in a multilingual community. The selection of the appropriate diversity in multilingual communities depends on social factors and dimensions and the repertoire of the addressee. The factors influencing a speaker's or writer's choice of language vary, and they include the context surrounding the speaker or writer, age, gender, culture, etc. Very often, the choice of language is deliberate and deliberate speaker can change the choice depending on such factors. In the context of an increasingly diverse world, it is important to continue to study multilingualism from all perspectives. It is crucial to continue to explore questions about how, when, and why speakers use certain languages and languages. The effects are not relevant from a stylistic point of view. They can show differences in the relative position of speakers within their societies, indicate power struggles and inequalities.
Downloads
References
Adams, Y. (2012). Language use and choice: A Case study of Kinubi in Kibera, Kenya. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2 (4). American Dictionary. http//dictionary.America.org/dictionary/America/multilingualism [retrieval date 17.7.2015]
Aronin & O’ laoire (2004), exploring multilingualism in cultural contexts towards a notion of multilinguality, In eds. C. Hoffmann, and J, Ytsma,11-29.
Auer, P., & Wei, L. (Eds.). (2007). Handbook of multilingualism and multilingual education. Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
Bagiyan AY, Shiryaeva TA. (2021). HOW TO SHAPE PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY THROUGH NEXT-GENERATION TEXTBOOKS: FROM MULTILINGUALISM TO GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP. In: Tareva E, Bokova T (Eds) TSNI 2021 - Textbook: Focus on Students’ National Identity, Moscow City University, Russia. April 20-April 24 2021. ARPHA Proceedings 4: 73-86. https://doi.org/10.3897/ap.e4.e0073
Encyclopedia online. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/162-3424300080.html [retrieval date 16.8.2015] .
Ferguson, C, A. (1964). Diglossia in Language, in Culture and Society. In Dell Hymes (ed). A Reader in Linguistics and Anthropology. Harper and Row Publishers. 1964. New York.
Franceschini, R. (2009). Multilingualism and multicompetence: a conceptual view. The modern language journal, 95(3), 344–355. Http://www.jstor.org/stable/41262371
Hedley Bull and Adam Watson. (1984). the Expansion of International Society (Oxford: University Press, 1984, 479pp., £25.00). Millennium, 14(1), 93–96. https://doi.org/10.1177/03058298850140010701
Holmes, J. (2013). An Introduction to sociolinguistic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ivanova, IP and Sidorova, LA. (2020). Bilingualism and Multilingualism as Means of Socio-Psychological Adaptation of the Students of Higher Educational Institutions. In: Gafurov I, Valeeva R (Eds) VI International Forum on Teacher Education, Kazan Federal University, Russia. May 27 - June 9, 2020. ARPHA Proceedings 3: 875-884. https://doi.org/10.3897/ap.2.e0875.
Kabongo, K. (2022). Multilingualism in incarnational ministry: A quest to reach the neglected. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 78(1), 5 pages. doi:https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v78i1.7333.
Mhathúna, M., & O’Brien, S. (2019). Introduction to Multilingualism in the Early Years TEANGA Special Edition 10. TEANGA, the Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, 10, iii-viii. https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v10i0.66.
Mohanty, A.K. (1994). Bilingualism in a Multilingual Society: Psychosocial and Pedagogical Implications. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages.
Mohlahlo, A., & Ditsele, T. (2022). Exploring multilingualism at the national department levels in South Africa post the Use of Official Languages Act of 2012. Literator, 43(1), 9 pages. doi:https://doi.org/10.4102/lit.v43i1.1819
Riehl, (2006). Online available at: ganztag-blk.de/ganztags box/cms/upload/sprachfrderung /BS_3/Artikel Die_Bedeutung_von_Mehrsprachigkeit [retrieve-al date 16.6.2015].
Singleton, D. (2018). Multilingualism, Multi-competence and (Limits to) the Interaction Between Language Systems. TEANGA, the Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, 25, 1– 14. https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v25i0.46.
Spolsky, B. (2003). In Language Policy (Key Topics in Sociolinguistics, pp. 224-242). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511615245.015.
Valeev, II, and Salekhova, LL. (2020). Preservice Bilingual Teacher Training in the Multicultural Conditions of Tatarstan. In: Gafurov I, Valeeva R (Eds) VI International Forum on Teacher Education, Kazan Federal University, Russia. May 27 - June 9, 2020. ARPHA Proceedings 3: 2647-2661. https://doi.org/10.3897/ap.2.e2647
von Bargen, Johannes Vera. (2011). Zwei- und Mehrsprachigkeit in Familien: Angebote für zwei und mehrsprachige Kinder sowie für ihre Eltern in Berlin. Online available at: www.academia.edu/6652642/Final_Handout [retrieval date 18.4.2015].
Watson, A. (1987). Hedley Bull, States Systems and International Societies. Review of International Studies, 13(2), 147–153. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20097109
Downloads
Published
Versions
- 2023-07-03 (2)
- 2023-07-02 (1)
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Gebreiyesus Mekt

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.