Bilingualism

[Jose Centeno]

Hamers and Blanc (2002) distinguish between Bilingualism and Bilinguality, the former being a societal phenomenon and the latter an individual's psychological processing of two languages.
 
Ref: Hamers, J. F., & Blanc, M. A. (2002). Bilinguality and Bilingualism (2nd ed.). Cambridge U. Press
 
Jose G. Centeno, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Program
Dept. of Speech, Communication Sciences, & Theatre
St. John's University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Jamaica, NY 11439
Tel: 718-990-2629   Fax: 212-677-2127  E-mail: centenoj at stjohns.edu <mailto:centenoj at stjohns.edu> 
 

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: info-childes at mail.talkbank.org on behalf of Jürgen M. Meisel 
	Sent: Mon 10/20/2003 1:36 PM 
	To: Fred Genesee 
	Cc: Ghimenton Anna; info-childes at mail.talkbank.org 
	Subject: Re: 
	
	

	As far as I know, only in the German-speaking world do
	people use two terms, Bilinguismus and Bilingualismus.
	
	JMM
	
	Fred Genesee wrote:
	>
	> IN the English-speaking research world, the term that everyone uses is
	> "bilingualism" I personally have never seen or heard the other term used.
	>
	> Fred
	>
	> At 07:48 AM 20/10/2003 -0700, Ghimenton Anna wrote:
	> >
	> > DEar Members,
	> > Could anybody explain to me the difference between BILINGUALISM and
	> > BILINGUISM? Is there a technical difference between the two terms?
	> > REgards,
	> > Anna
	> >
	> >
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