Whorf concluded that language has the power to shape the way people see the world. Sapir argued that language’s importance lies in the way it directs our attention to some aspects of experience rather than others.

Explanation: multilingualism threatens nationalism. At the most practical level, communicational challenges within a country can act as an impediment to commerce and industry and disrupt the nation. More seriously, however, multilingualism could destroy nationalism.

People who speak more than one language have improved memory, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, enhanced concentration, ability to multitask, and better listening skills.

Humans can refer to past and future time. This property of human language is called displacement. . . . Indeed, displacement allows us to talk about things and places (e.g. angels, fairies, Santa Claus, Superman, heaven, hell) whose existence we cannot even be sure of.”

Fluent bilinguals seem to have both languages active at all times, whether both languages are consciously being used or not, the researchers report in a recent issue of Frontiers in Psychology. Both languages are active whether either was used only seconds earlier or several days earlier.

Dreaming in different languages is perfectly normal. In fact, people who have lucid dreams can sometimes voluntarily switch from one language to another during their dreams.

To dream of a foreign language represents a mindset that you don’t understand. Feeling alienated, anxious, or helpless because you can’t understand others. Negatively, a foreign language may reflect feelings about the culture of other people’s friends and family that you don’t like.

We dont actually think in a language, so we don’t dream in a language. We think and dream in concepts. We order our thoughts by use of language and so it seems to appears that we use language within our sub-conscious mind.

Originally Answered: Can bilinguals think in both of their languages or just their stronger language? Personally, I usually think in English but definitely can think in Russian—I start naturally thinking in Russian after hanging our speaking Russian for a while or reading in Russian.

Bilingual kids are at an advantage The good news is young children all around the world can and do acquire two languages simultaneously. In fact, in many parts of the world, being bilingual is the norm rather than an exception.

Communication becomes difficult in situations where people don’t understand each others’ language. The inability to communicate using a language is known as language barrier to communication. Not using the words that other person understands makes the communication ineffective and prevents message from being conveyed.

One of the most frequent explana- tions of why bilinguals code-switch is that they do it to compensate for lack of language proficiency. The ar- gument is that bilinguals code- switch because they do not know either language completely.

Benefits of Speaking More Than One Language Being bilingual has advantages, including being better at: Learning new words. Learning reading skills. Being able to use information in new ways.

Bilingualism can have a negative impact on a country b/c it can create conflict and make certain languages feel marginalized. Also, it can make people feel less of a community because everyone won’t be able to understand each other. It can also make your country become more diverse.

Bilinguals of different ages and cultural backgrounds have been shown to be faster and more accurate than their monolingual peers when performing cognitive tasks demanding these abilities. Furthermore, it has been argued that bilingualism may lead to a delayed onset of symptoms associated with dementia.