Bilingual : Life and Reality / François Grosjean.
Grosjean, François, author.
2010
P115 .G75 2010eb
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Title Bilingual : Life and Reality / François Grosjean.
Author Grosjean, François, author.
ISBN 9780674056459
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674056459
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2010]
Copyright ©2010
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.4159/9780674056459 doi
Call Number P115 .G75 2010eb
Alternate Call Number ER 930
Summary Whether in family life, social interactions, or business negotiations, half the people in the world speak more than one language every day. Yet many myths persist about bilingualism and bilinguals. Does being bilingual mean you are equally fluent in two languages, or that you belong to two cultures, or even that you have multiple personalities? Can you become bilingual only as a child? Why do bilinguals switch from one language to another in mid-sentence? Will raising bilingual children confuse and delay their learning of any language? In a lively and often entertaining book, an international authority on bilingualism, son of an English mother and a French father, explores the many facets of bilingualism. In this book, François Grosjean draws on research, interviews, autobiographies, and the engaging examples of bilingual authors. He describes the various strategies-some useful, some not-used by parents raising bilingual children, explains how children easily pick up and forget languages, and considers how bilingualism affects the experience and expression of emotions, thoughts, and dreams. This book shows that speaking two or more languages is not a sign of intelligence, evasiveness, cultural alienation, or political disloyalty. For millions of people, it's simply a way of navigating the complexities of life.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. Bilingual Adults
1. Why Are People Bilingual?
2. Describing Bilinguals
3. The Functions of Languages
4. Language Mode and Language Choice
5. Code-Switching and Borrowing
6. Speaking and Writing Monolingually
7. Having an Accent in a Language
8. Languages across the Lifespan
9. Attitudes and Feelings about Bilingualism
10. Bilinguals Who Are Also Bicultural
11. Personality, Thinking and Dreaming, and Emotions in Bilinguals
12. Bilingual Writers
13. Special Bilinguals
Part 2. Bilingual Children
14. In and Out of Bilingualism
15. Acquiring Two Languages
16. Linguistic Aspects of Childhood Bilingualism
17. Family Strategies and Support
18. Effects of Bilingualism on Children
19. Education and Bilingualism
Conclusion
Notes
Index

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