Types of bilingualism in relation to the manifestations of personality traits

This bachelor thesis deals with bilingualism and its relation to personality expressions. In the literature review section divided into seven chapters, bilingualism is first described and defined. The next part of the thesis focuses on the description of different types of bilingualism, especially on divisions based on according to the age of the second language was acquired. The following chapters describe the different specificities of bilinguals. The last two chapters then focus on the links between bilingualism, personality and biculturalism, summarizing selected research on these relationships. The final part of the thesis contains a proposal for a research project that aims to compare Czech-Russian bilinguals in their personality expressions with respect to the language used. In particular, it involves comparing a group of early and late bilinguals with each other to find out whether they differ in their personality expressions within the two languages