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Bilinguale Erziehung: Ja oder Nein?
Bilingual education: yes or no?

Author(s): Veselina Kuzmanova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: multilingualism; bilingualism; native language; Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

Summary/Abstract: In my first scientific article, I examine language as a separate discipline, as a living matter which is the leading factor in the formation of our thoughts, feelings and perceptions, and in the formation of our personality in general. Further, I examine a question which (for me personally) is of even greater interest – do children who grow up with two or more languages acquire more and different perspectives on their environment, and does this subsequently present an advantage or an obstacle for them in the process of discovering the universal truth about the world? And is there only one such truth? Or rather, are there 7000 different truths (as many as the approximate number of languages in the world)? My hope is that by posing these questions, I’ve prompted you to reflect and that in the following lines, with the help of Language, we will be able to arrive at some answers…

  • Issue Year: 1/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 174-186
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: German