Plurilingualism
Plurilingualism is a situation wherein a person who has competence in more than one language can switch between languages – from one language to another and vice versa – according to the circumstances at hand for the purpose of coping with a social matter. There is a distinction between plurilingualism and multilingualism. Multilingualism, on the other hand, is connected to situations wherein multiple languages exist side-by-side in a society but are utilized separately.[1] Plurilingualism is derived from bilingualism. A consequence of plurilingualism is pluricultural competence.[2] In general, persons who are identified as plurilinguals had contact with foreign languages through educational institutions, however the education system plays only a small role in the linguistic competence of these individuals.[2]
See also
- Interlanguage
- Interlingua
- Polyglotism
- Bilingualism
- Multilingualism
- Code-switching
- Translanguaging
- Translingualism
References
- ^ Plurilingualism & Pluriculturalism, Action Oriented Plurilingual Language Learning Project, Keio Research Center For Foreign Language Education
- ^ a b 5.1. The concept of pluricultural competence, 5. PLURICULTURAL COMPETENCE: DESCRIPTIVE PRINCIPLES, coe.int Cite error: The named reference "COE" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
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