How does individual vs pluralistic language affect community?

1. What will happen if two languages will interact and influence each other?
2. How does language affect social groups?
3. What is pluralistic language?
4. Why linguistic pluralism is important?

What will happen if two languages will interact and influence each other?

Language contact occurs when speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact and influence each other. The study of language contact is called contact linguistics. When speakers of different languages interact closely, it is typical for their languages to influence each other.

How does language affect social groups?

The language that we speak influences our cultural identities and our social realities. We internalize norms and rules that help us function in our own culture but that can lead to misunderstanding when used in other cultural contexts. We can adapt to different cultural contexts by purposely changing our communication.

What is pluralistic language?

Pluralistic approaches use teaching and learning activities involving several (i.e. more than one) varieties of language, e.g. the language(s) of schooling, foreign languages, regional, minority and migration languages. FREPA thereby offers tools to put the theoretical insights and language policies into practice.

Why linguistic pluralism is important?

By establishing explicit values and ideologies, the linguistic and cultural pluralism statement has the potential to promote and foster a culture of cross-cultural and global perspectives in the classroom through students' ties to local communities.