Bilingual : life and reality / François Grosjean.
Grosjean, François.
2010
P115 .G75 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Bilingual : life and reality / François Grosjean.
Author Grosjean, François.
ISBN 9780674048874 (alk. paper)
0674048873 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Language English
Description xix, 276 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number P115 .G75 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 404/.2
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 this book, the author, an international authority on bilingualism, son of an English mother and a French father, explores the many facets of bilingualism. He 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 is simply a way of navigating the complexities of life.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Why are people bilingual?
Describing bilinguals
The functions of languages
Language mode and language choice
Code-switching and borrowing
Speaking and writing monolingually
Having an accent in a language
Languages across the lifespan
Attitudes and feelings about bilingualism
Bilinguals who are also bicultural
Personality, thinking and dreaming, and emotions in bilinguals
Bilingual writers
Special bilinguals
In and out of bilingualism
Acquiring two languages
Linguistic aspects of childhood bilingualism
Family strategies and support
Effects of bilingualism on children
Education and bilingualism.

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