LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
INTRODUCTION
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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Detailed explanation-1: -Additive bilingualism occurs when a second language replaces the first. Subtractive bilingualism involves the development of a second language with no detriment to the first. Some individuals can speak only one dialect. We call them a bi-dialectal.
Detailed explanation-2: -There-fore, subtractive bilingualism refers to the learning of the dominant language, which replaces the home language (Lambert, 1981; Wong Fillmore, 1991). Additive bilingual-ism, on the other hand, would indicate a process in which the home language is maintained as the dominant lan-guage is learned.
Detailed explanation-3: -Subtractive bilingualism is when individuals learn a second language at the expense of the first language meaning that individuals often lose skills and fluency in their primary language, especially is the primary language is not being reinforced.