Bilingual Life and Reality

Name: Bilingual Life and Reality
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ISBN: 9780674066137

ISBN-10: 0674066138

ISBN-13: 9780674066137

Edition: 2010

Authors: Franï¿½ois Grosjean

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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…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 11/19/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English