Multilingualism#Related Articles

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

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Parent topics[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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]: Linguistic situation in which two (often very closely related) languages are used within one speech community, for different purposes. ^[e]

Other related topics[edit]

• Creolistics [r]: The study of creole and pidgin languages. ^[e]
• Speech community [r]: Add brief definition or description