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BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION
卷 16, 期 1, 页码 231-240出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728912000570
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multilingualism; personality; Tolerance of Ambiguity; multicompetence; individual variation
The present study investigates the link between multilingualism and the personality trait Tolerance of Ambiguity (TA) among 2158 mono-, bi- and multilinguals. Monolinguals and bilinguals scored significantly lower on TA compared to multilinguals. A high level of global proficiency of various languages was linked to higher TA scores. A stay abroad of more than three months was also linked to higher TA although the effect levelled off after one year. Growing up in a multilingual family had no effect on TA. These findings show that a high level of multilingualism makes individuals more at ease in dealing with ambiguity, but we acknowledge that a higher level of TA can also strengthen an individual's inclination to become multilingual.
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