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Title |
Title of document |
38. What Does it Mean to be Bilingual? - The Five-Minute Linguist |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Agnes Bolonyai; North Carolina State University; |
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Discipline(s) |
Linguistics |
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Keyword(s) |
introduction to language; introduction to linguistics; Linguistic Society of America; essays about language; what is language; what is linguistics |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
general linguistics |
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Description |
Abstract |
About two-thirds of the world’s population uses two or more languages in their everyday lives: they are bi- or multi-linguals. Being bilingual offers a unique way for the creative and purposeful use of one’s language resources to ‘do’ things in social life, to express one’s linguistic and cultural identities, and to make sense of social reality. This chapter discusses what it means to be bilingual from a linguistic, socio-cultural, developmental and cognitive perspective. It aims to misspell some common misconceptions about bilinguals and their often-stigmatized language practices such as code-switching, while addressing the challenges and advantages of becoming, being and staying bilingual over the lifespan. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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09-Jul-2019 |
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Type |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/38158 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.38158 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Five-Minute Linguist |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Coverage |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |