Why Do so Many Bi- and Multilinguals Feel Different When Switching Languages?

Autor/in	Dewaele, Jean-Marc
Titel	Why Do so Many Bi- and Multilinguals Feel Different When Switching Languages?
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multilingualism, 13 (2016) 1, S.92-105 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-0718
DOI	10.1080/14790718.2015.1040406
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; Multilingualism; Language Proficiency; Anxiety; Age Differences; Second Language Learning; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Educational Attainment; Telecommunications; Language Usage; Questionnaires; Code Switching (Language); Communication (Thought Transfer); Feedback (Response); Participant Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Angst; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Telekommunikationstechnik; Sprachgebrauch; Fragebogen; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke
Abstract	Is the feeling of difference experienced by many bi- and multilinguals linked to a later age of onset (AoA) and a lower level of proficiency in the foreign language (LX)? This empirical study, based on the qualitative and quantitative data from 1005 bi- and multilinguals, suggests AoA is unrelated to feelings of difference. While several participants mentioned the fact that limited proficiency in the LX made them feel different, no statistically significant relationship emerged between the amount of difference experienced when shifting languages and self-reported proficiency in speaking the LX, nor in frequency of use of the LX. The only independent variables to be linked to feeling different were education level, age and anxiety in speaking with colleagues and speaking on the phone in the second language and third language, with higher levels of the latter being linked to a stronger feeling of difference. Some participants presented unique explanations, linking feelings of difference to conscious or unconscious shifts in behaviour and to unique contexts of language use. Several participants also reported these feelings of difference to change over time. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01