Bilingualism
Bilingualism is a study of the people who speak more than one language and the social motivations for bilingualism – why people learn a second language and the net result in their lives. It also takes a view of how the fact that native speakers are bilingual affects the structure of the languages themselves. In addition, it takes into account how the age at which a speaker learns a second language affects success as a free speaker of that language. Both bilingualism as a feature of individual speakers and bilingualism as a feature of communities or entire nation-states are discussed [Carol Myers-Scotton, 2].
Bilingualism is the ability to speak two languages. It may be acquired early by children in regions where most adults speak two languages. Children may become bilingual by learning languages in two different social settings. A second language can also be acquired in school as well [2].
Bilingualism is the individual’s capacity to speak a second language based on the patterns and structures of that language, not the patterns of the first one [Maftoon, 80].
⠀ 1. Carol Myers-Scotton. (2006). Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.
⠀ 2. Retrieved from: Britannica Online Dictionary [https://www.britannica.com/topic/bilingualism].
⠀ 3. Parviz Maftoon. (2021). Who Is a Bilingual? Journal of English Studies. Iran: Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch.