Bilingualism in early preschool age

Abstract

U ovome radu pregledno ćemo obraditi temu dvojezičnosti u ranoj i predškolskoj dobi. Obzirom da su Europa i svijet postali jedno veliko ''globalno selo'' te ''multikulturalna zajednica'', dvojezičnost općenito, ali posebice kod djece, predstavlja jedinstveni fenomen te je kao takav sve više predmet zanimanja mnogih lingvista, sociolingvista, psiholingvista i ostalih stručnjaka, ali i većine nas laika. Svrha ovoga rada jest upoznati čitatelje sa svim sferama dvojezičnosti kao pojma i novonastalog fenomena, ali sa gledišta djece rane do predškolske dobi.In this paper, we will review the topic of bilingualism in early and preschool age. Considering that Europe and the world become a major "global village" and a "multicultural community", bilingualism in general, but especially for children, is a unique phenomenon and as such it is increasingly subject to the interest of many linguists, sociolinguists, psychologists and other professionals, as well as most of us laity. The purpose of this paper is to familiarize readers with all doubts as a concept and novel phenomenon, but from the point of view of children up to pre-school age