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The multilingual person in society

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dc.creator Carol A. Puhl
dc.date 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:29:49Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:29:49Z
dc.identifier 10.5785/4-2-457
dc.identifier 0259-2312
dc.identifier 2224-0012
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/ae87e16701244e91a8279f4e2aa9c1d9
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22193
dc.description Half of the people of the world speak two or more languages. This paper explores the language choice from the perspective of the multilingual person. It distinguishes between the individual and private (inner world) needs of the Ll speaker and the socio-cultural (outer world) needs of the L2 speaker. It examines the multilingual situation in USA and compares it with the situation in Southern Africa, highlighting both similarities and differences. Die helfte van die mense in die wereldpraat twee ofmeer tale. Hierdie artikel ondersoek die taalkeuse vanuit die perspektief van die veeltalige per soon. Daar word onderskei tussen die individuele. private (binnewereld) behoeftes van die moedertaalspreker en die sosio-kulturele (buitewereld) behoeftes van die tweedetaalspreker. Die veeltalige situasie in die VSA word ondersoek en vergelyk met die situasie in Suidelike Afrika, met spesiale aandag aan ooreenkomste en verskille.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Stellenbosch University
dc.relation http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/457
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/0259-2312
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0012
dc.source Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, Vol 4, Iss 2 (2013)
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title The multilingual person in society
dc.type article


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