Plurilingualism: an asset?
The phenomenon of globalization and the ease with which people today circulate, virtually and personally, in the “global village” that is our planet, more than justifies the closer contacts among peoples and therefore among speakers of different languages, who are at the...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repositorio: | Letras de Hoje (Online) |
| Idioma: | inglés portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/12584 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/fale/article/view/12584 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Bilingualism/multilingualism Acquisition/learning Second/third language Plurilingualism Asset bilinguismo/multilinguismo aquisição/aprendizagem segunda/terceira língua plurilinguismo trunfo. Linguística |
| Resumo: | The phenomenon of globalization and the ease with which people today circulate, virtually and personally, in the “global village” that is our planet, more than justifies the closer contacts among peoples and therefore among speakers of different languages, who are at the same time holders of the most diversified cultures. Bearing this setting in mind, this paper deals with some terms that are being used more frequently today (acquisition, learning, bilingualism, multilingualism, second language, foreign language, third language, plurilingualism), considers their coverage and draws attention to what each term may hide beyond its more obvious meaning. Based on an historical perspective, this paper also attempts to find an answer to the proposed title, using additional approaches from the cognitive domain, aimed at exploring and discussing a question that seems, at first sight, obvious and affirmative. |
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