DWUJĘZYCZNOŚĆ, DWUKULTUROWOŚĆ, NARODOWA I KULTUROWA IDENTYFIKACJA NA PRZYKŁADZIE CUDZOZIEMCÓW MIESZKAJĄCYCH W POLSCE
Bilingualism, biculturalism, national and cultural identification on the example of foreigners living in Poland

Summary/Abstract: This paper is dedicated to the presentation of research on bilingualism, biculturalism and identifi cation of foreigners living in Poland. Interest in this area results from the need to know the foreigners who form – together with us – a multicultural society and from curiosity of the processes of becoming/being bilingual and bicultural. The research was conducted in a group of 28 persons. Interview with elements of questionnaire survey and identity interview was applied as the research technique. What follows from analyses of the collected material is that the most common type of bilingualism found in Polish immigrants is incomplete and dominant bilingualism. It is combined with biculturalism in the case of the majority of the respondents. As a result of functioning in the second language and the second culture all the time, the respondents’ identity and identifi cation are subject to changes.

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