# Professional linguists and folk theory of language

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-07-08-professional-linguists-and-folk-theory-of-language

The piece challenges assumptions that multilingualism uniformly improves openness, subsequent language learning or social understanding.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 8 July 2007

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Hermeneutic Heretic (web.archive.org)](https://web.archive.org/web/https://hermeneuticheretic.net/2007/07/08/professional-linguists-and-folk-theory-of-language/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 8 July 2007
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: multilingualism, language-learning, folk-theories, education.

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