BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Multilingualism allows people to access two or more languages and this allows people to
exercise a choice in using languages for different purposes in different contexts. Language choice
may be constrained by several factors which include language policy, language proficiency,
ethnicity, gender, profession, socio-cultural background and in particular, the domain in which
language is used. Domain, in its simplest terms, refers to the context of language use, for
instance, that of family, friendship, education, transactional. Fishman states, “Domains are
defined in terms of institutional contexts or socio-ecological co-occurrences. They attempt to
designate the major clusters of interaction situations that occur in particular multilingual settings.
Domains enable us to understand that language choice and topic...are...related to widespread
socio-cultural norms and expectations” (see Dil, 1972:248).
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Multilingualism allows people to access two or more languages and this allows people to
exercise a choice in using languages for different purposes in different contexts. Language choice
may be constrained by several factors which include language policy, language proficiency,
ethnicity, gender, profession, socio-cultural background and in particular, the domain in which
language is used. Domain, in its simplest terms, refers to the context of language use, for
instance, that of family, friendship, education, transactional. Fishman states, “Domains are
defined in terms of institutional contexts or socio-ecological co-occurrences. They attempt to
designate the major clusters of interaction situations that occur in particular multilingual settings.
Domains enable us to understand that language choice and topic...are...related to widespread
socio-cultural norms and expectations” (see Dil, 1972:248).
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