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Ling 115 unit 9Bilingual - correct answer ✔High level of proficiency in 2 languages. Fluent
and can switch without hesitation.
How much of the world is bilingual? - correct answer ✔Over half
Individual bilingualism - correct answer ✔Individual people who are judged to
be bilingual
Societal bilingualism - correct answer ✔Societies in general which may be
bilingual or multilingual in the sense of containing speakers of more than one
language
T/F: There are fewer bilinguals in bilingual countries than there are in so-
called unilingual ones - correct answer ✔T
Officially multilingual states - correct answer ✔Countries where two or more
languages are recognized by the state as official or national languages
Canada - French and English
Switzerland - French, German, Italian, and Romansh
Unilingual countries - correct answer ✔Only one language has official
recognition, but there may actually be many individuals who are bilingual
France
Italy
, Individual bilingualism definitions - correct answer ✔An individual has a
native-speaker-like control of two languages
The practice of regularly using two languages with a high degree of
competence
The ability of an individual to use two or more languages as a means of
communication in most situations, and to switch from one language to another
whenever this may be necessary
Different kinds of individual bilinguals - correct answer ✔Fully balanced
bilinguals
Non-balanced bilinguals (most bilinguals are non-balanced)
T/F: A bilingual's preferred language will always be the one they are dominant
in. - correct answer ✔F
Semi-lingualism - correct answer ✔Speakers who have been exposed to two
languages but failed to develop a native-like, high level of proficiency in either
Simultaneous bilinguals - correct answer ✔Learn two languages at once or
start learning the 2nd language between ages 1-4
Sequential/consecutive bilinguals - correct answer ✔Learn L1 at home, learn
L2 at age 5 or beyond
Bilingual profile - correct answer ✔Simultaneous or sequential bilingual?
Degree of proficiency in L1 and L2 - which is dominant?
When and two whom are the L1 and L2 used?
What attitudes does the speaker have towards the L1 and L2?
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