Dialect and its Representation in the Fictional Literature: on the Problem of Multilingualism

Abstract

The paper deals with multilingualism, which is understood as a necessity to master another language to be able to use it at proficient level or any other below. A dialect is regarded as a primary linguistic object in relation to the national literary language, which is a secondary linguistic object. The authors use examples from the artistic discourse to contrast a dialect with the French literary language and analyze ethnic, cultural, cognitive and socioeconomic aspects of multilingualism.