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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Multilingualism.
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Parent topics

  • Linguistics [r]: The scientific study of language. [e]
  • Sociolinguistics [r]: Branch of linguistics concerned with language in social contexts - how people use language, how it varies, how it contributes to users' sense of identity, etc. [e]
  • Language acquisition [r]: The study of how language comes to users of first and second languages. [e]

Subtopics

  • Lingua franca [r]: Any language used for widespread communication between groups who do not share a native language or where native speakers are typically in the minority; name from 'Lingua Franca', a pidgin once used around the Mediterranean. [e]
  • Contact language [r]: any language which is created through contact between two or more existing languages; may occur when people who share no native language need to communicate, or when a language of one group becomes used for wider communication. [e]
  • Language attrition [r]: The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language by individuals. [e]
  • Diglossia [r]: Add brief definition or description

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