Definition of the Concept of Polylingualism in Social Discourse and Linguistics

• Main Author: Gulnara T. Smagulova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Academic Publishing House Researcher 2013-01-01
• Series: Evropejskij Issledovatelʹ
• Subjects: bilingual; trilingualism; multilingualism; foreign culture; polycultural linguistic personality; tolerant linguistic personality; polylingual education; polylingual personality; polylingual preparedness.
• Online Access: http://www.erjournal.ru/journals_n/1379776112.pdf

The article deals with the definition of the concept of polylingualism as a general term in social discourse and as a linguistic term in a number of research works. The author shares the opinion that perspective efficient development of polylingual and polycultural education is only possible in terms of person-centered conditions and appropriate polycommunicative nature of any language. The interaction between educational system and society (sociocultural level, in relation to languages, sociocultural and sociolinguistic contexts) should be also considered.