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Sociolinguistics » Focus and content » Language Choice » Multilingualism

Sociolinguistics


Multilingualism

Generally speaking, the term multilingualism means that a speaker is able to understand and use more than one language (efficiently) in his or her communicative encounters with other speakers.


Individual Bilingualism

Societal Bilingualism


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