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bilingualism

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bi·lin·gual  (b-lnggwl)
adj.
1.
a. Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency.
b. Using two languages in some proportion in order to facilitate learning by students who have a native proficiency in one language and are acquiring proficiency in the other: bilingual training; bilingual education.
2. Of, relating to, or expressed in two languages: a bilingual dictionary.
n.
A person who uses or is able to use two languages, especially with equal fluency.

bi·lingual·ism n.
bi·lingual·ly adv.

bilingualism
1. the ability to speak two languages.
2. the use of two languages, as in a community. Also bilinguality, diglottism. — bilingual, bilinguist, n. — bilingual, adj.
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Noun1.bilingualism - the ability to speak two languages colloquially
ability, power - possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
Translations
bilingualism [baɪˈlɪŋgwəlɪzəm] Nbilingüismo m
bilingualism [baɪˈlɪŋgwəlɪzəm] nbilinguisme m


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4) Although there was tacit agreement that Americans would share the English language, bilingualism was politically protected as one of the rights for which pilgrims had come to America and was considered an advantage for "everyday trading, teaching and spreading the gospel.
Effect of bilingualism on cognitive control in the Simon task: Evidence from MEG.
I'd like to believe all your stats about the inexorable progress of assimilation, but this is the age of asymmetrical warfare, and with narrowcasting, quotas, and enforced bilingualism, I don't buy that those who have forced their way in today are as committed to this country as were earlier generations.
 
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