Languages in the Philippines
most filipino speak three languages in the philippines namely their _,_,_
mother tongue
tagalog
english
with how many languages spoken by locals in different provinces in the philippines? which makes it not surprising or uncommon for a filipino to be multilingual
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it is the principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture.
language
before, bilingualism was thought of us the _ _ or the __ _ of two languages and many still adhere to this definition
equal mastery or the native-like control
who said that others believe that it is "the complete mastery of two different languages without interference between the two linguistic processes"
Oestreicher, 1974
he considered by lingualism as "the native light control of two languages"
bloomfield, 1933
bilingualism was broadened by _ als the ability to produce "complete meaningful utterances in the other language"
Haugen 1953
it has now been suggested to the concept be further extended to include simply "passive-knowledge"of the written language or any "contact with possible models in a second language and ability to use this in the environment of the native language"
Diebold 1961
for him bilingual is one of those people who need and use two or more languages (for dialects) in their everyday lives"
Grosjean 2010
they believe that a bilingual is an individual who possesses more than one language competence
Valdes and figueroa 1944
he thinks that a bilingual is someone who practices the alternate use of two or more languages
Mackey 1970