<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The notion of <italic>linguistic justice</italic> should be related to the concept of <italic>linguistic ease</italic>, by which we mean the full social and communicative freedom of concern of the speaker in a given social interaction involving the use of language(s) present in the society, according to the social norms of use. To acquire an acceptable degree of linguistic ease, the knowledge of at least one L2 is considered important. But the acquisition of a L2 is interfered by the previous linguistic skills of the learner/speaker who, in many cases, does not have a suitable competence even of the languages of the society in which he/she lives.</p></abstract>

The notion of linguistic justice should be related to the concept of linguistic ease, by which we mean the full social and communicative freedom of concern of the speaker in a given social interaction involving the use of language(s) present in the society, according to the social norms of use. To acquire an acceptable degree of linguistic ease, the knowledge of at least one L2 is considered important. But the acquisition of a L2 is interfered by the previous linguistic skills of the learner/speaker who, in many cases, does not have a suitable competence even of the languages of the society in which he/she lives.

On Linguistic Abilities, Multilingualism, and Linguistic Justice

Centre d’Études Linguistiques pour l’Europe

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, European and Regional Studies

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The notion of linguistic justice should be related to the concept of linguistic ease, by which we mean the full social and communicative freedom of concern of...

On Linguistic Abilities, Multilingualism, and Linguistic Justice

Published Online: Oct 26, 2016

Page range: 49 - 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auseur-2016-0007

Keywords
linguistic justice, language ease, CEFR, multilingualism, diglossia

© 2016 Gabriele Iannàccaro et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

On Linguistic Abilities, Multilingualism, and Linguistic Justice

Published Online: Oct 26, 2016

Page range: 49 - 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auseur-2016-0007

Keywordslinguistic justice, language ease, CEFR, multilingualism, diglossia

© 2016 Gabriele Iannàccaro et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
linguistic justice, language ease, CEFR, multilingualism, diglossia