EDITORIAL | REDAKTORIAUS ŽODIS

Abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.7220/2335-2027.2.1

Dwelling upon research perspectives in bilingualism and multilingualism, Li Wei draws the readers’ attention to a much revealing statistics in regard to the current global linguistic landscape: with no absolute precision ever possible, there are around 193 countries in the world and over 6000 languages spoken therein (2008, p. 3). Bearing such numbers in mind, multilingualism and multiculturalism, being inseparable twin phenomena, can be seen as an everyday reality for many people or an indisputable fact with a variety of possibilities how different languages and cultures coexist in different societies. Nowadays the alternatives of this coexistence multiply at high speed as globalization is accelerating and uncovering new multilingualism-related questions, disputes and problems open for academic scrutiny.