The previous post attempted to define bilinguality and bilingualism. However, one reader stated what was posted was incorrect. The presenter was contacted and here is clarification:
"Bilinguality is the situation in which a person uses more than one language. Bilingualism is the situation in which more than one language is used in an institution or in a country (though not necessarily by the same people).
So the concepts are not about oppression, but simply describe two different ways to think about bilingualism."--Robert E. Johnson, Professor, Department of Linguistics, Gallaudet University.
Professor Johnson responded that bilingualism is NOT part of the negative "isms" in society.
Thank you to the reader who caught this discrepancy. KISinterpretingservices.blogspot would especially like to express gratitude to Professor Johnson for taking the time to clarify matters.
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