skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

Preferred term

social bilingualism  

Definition(s)

  • Although psychologists and linguists have traditionally viewed and studied bilingualism as an individual's ability to speak two or more languages, it is also important to understand bilingual's social dimensions. The latter is a focus on the uses and functions, statuses, and relationships of two or more languages within a society. [Source: Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education; Social Bilingualism]

Broader concept(s)

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-N91LJ73W-Q

Download this concept: