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| Published: December 09, 2024
Introducing a Scale on the Socio-Cognitive Dynamics of Contact Language Learning in the Multilingual Context in India
Student, AIBIAS, Amity University, Bangalore, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychology, Amity University, Bangalore, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.166.20241204
DOI: 10.25215/1204.166
ABSTRACT
This paper introduces a novel scale that will be used to explore the socio-cognitive factors influencing contact language learning in India’s bilingual landscape. Recognizing the uniqueness of India in linguistic diversity, this research project explores the role of social and cognitive processes in regional languages and English while emphasizing related issues like the implications of social interaction, cognitive benefits of multilingualism and obstacles experienced during language learning and the strategies used by learners to overcome those obstacles. It has a standardized questionnaire that sought information from an apparently representative sample of languages and, therefore, reproduces sensitivities of the sociocultural context within India toward attitudes toward language or code-switching. English serves as the lingua franca that would provide socio-economic mobility along with cross-cultural exchanges, while regional languages serve to reinforce cultural identity. Bilingualism will enhance cognitive flexibility, problem-solving abilities, and openness to culture. The study thus calls for an inclusive language policy that supports both linguistic skill development and socio-cognitive growth within multilingual communities.
Keywords
Multilingualism, Socio-Cognitive Dynamics, Contact Language, India, Multilingualism, Social Interaction, Cognitive Gains, Language Attitudes, Code-Switching, Language Policy
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2024, Aswin, G. & Bhuyan, B.
Received: November 15, 2024; Revision Received: December 05, 2024; Accepted: December 09, 2024
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.166.20241204
10.25215/1204.166
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Published in Volume 12, Issue 4, October- December, 2024