Multilingualism on the Net

The impact of the 21st century Internet on the Internet on natural language It is widely believed that every new media change language is like this. For example, the popularity of television has made accent very uniform over the past few decades. Young people tend to speak much the same way as television casters, local dialects and accent are still mere speeches for the elderly. However, compared to the huge influence on the languages ​​of print media over the past several hundred years, the effectiveness of this television is negligible.

First of all, after defining multiple languages, I will explain its advantages and disadvantages. What is Multilingualism? Who is considered multilingual? What are the advantages of multilingualism? To answer all these questions, I first review the definition of the word multilingual, then I want to continue to learn more than one speaker and their language skills in multiple languages. Multilingualism, regardless of individual speaker or community of speakers, is considered to be more than one language. The number of multilingual users is considered to be beyond monolingual users of the world's population. This chapter describes various ways to develop and use multiple languages ​​at social and personal level. Most people on Earth live in a multilingual society (Van Herk, 2012)

It is common, but various references and people have different views on multiple languages. According to the Encarta English Dictionary, multilingualism is either "able to speak more than one language fluently" or "to write or express in more than one language" ("multilingual") . Meanwhile, in Merriam-Webster online dictionary it is treated as "use or use of multiple languages" ("multilingual"), but Wikipedia defines it as "multilingual communication ability" ("multilingual") . Researchers who are studying global bilingual and multilingual communities said that "multilingual" a common condition for human beings to be able to manipulate in some way in multiple languages ​​"(multiple languages ​​in the world) I regard it. One or more. "In order to minimize confusion, I treat multiple languages ​​as familiar with multiple languages.

Extensive multilingualism is a form of language contact. Multilingualism was common in the past. In the early years, when most people were members of a small language community, we needed to know more than one language for trade and other transactions outside their towns and villages. This is useful in today's place. Language diversity is high, such as sub-Saharan Africa and India. Linguist Ekkehard Wolff estimates that 50% of the population of Africa is multilingual. In a multilingual society, not all speakers need multiple languages. In some states, you can develop multilingual policies and recognize some official languages ​​such as Canada (English and French). In some states, certain languages ​​may be associated with certain areas within the state (such as Canada) or specific races (such as Malaysia or Singapore). When all speakers speak multiple languages, linguists classify communities based on the functional distribution of the language concerned.