Polish–Arabic–English Trilingualism: A Case Study of Selected Language Biographies
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https://doi.org/10.11649/cs.2660Keywords:
language biography, individual multilingualism, Polish language outside PolandAbstract
This paper utilizes linguistic biographies in order to exhibit the multilingualism of Poles living in present-day Egypt. It presents two model language biographies: a woman and a man brought up in Arabic culture. The respondents belong to the second generation of the Polish diaspora in Cairo and are the children of mixed marriages. The aim of the article is to explore the process of becoming and being a trilingual person, as well as to show the linguistic situation of people of Polish origin in Egypt and their language and cultural preferences in the context of self-identification. The research was conducted through personal interviews.
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