The bilingual as a competent but specific speaker‐hearer

摘要: A particular view of bilingualism — the monolingual (or fractional) has been given far too much importance in study bilinguals. According to it, bilingual is should be) two monolinguals one person. In this paper, spelled out, and negative consequences it had on various areas research are discussed. wholistic) then proposed. not sum complete or incomplete monolinguals; rather, he she a unique specific linguistic configuration. This described four areas, discussed its light: comparing bilinguals, language learning forgetting, bilingual's speech modes, child ‘semilingualism’.