The term multilingualism can refer to phenomena regarding an individual speaker who uses two or more languages; a community of speakers where two or more languages are used, or between speakers of different languages.
Bilinguals and multilinguals outnumber monolinguals in the world's population (de Bot & Kroll).
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Acquisition of English as a Second Language - Theories of language acquisition.
Bilingual Memory - A re-revised version of the hierarchical model of bilingual memory
Bilingualism Database - Bibliographic and web-based resources for those interested in the field of bilingualism.
Infant Dual Language Acquisition Revisited - Article arguing the urgent need for dependable qualitative research in infant bilingualism.
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LSA Fields of Linguistics - Multilingualism - Introductory article on multilingualism by Guadalupe Valdés of Stanford University.
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Multilingualism in Israel - Its geographical position as a land bridge connecting Europe, Asia and Africa , its history of conquest and reconquest, and its status as the point of focus of four world religions all assure Israel of a long tradition of multilingualism.
Nationalism, Native Language Maintenance and the Spread of English - A comparative study of the cases of Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico. Dissertation by Dr. Sharon Clampitt.
Story of a French Boy Raised Speaking Greek - Collection of the boys writings and drawings in Greek with a pedagogical discussion.
Meta Description: [ A little French boy brought up speaking Greek ! , Un petit Français élevé en langue grecque ! ]
The Bilingual World - Association founded in Paris in 1951 to bring about peace through early bilingual education and town-twinning.
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