Life with Two Languages An Introduction to Bilingualism

Name: Life with Two Languages An Introduction to Bilingualism
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ISBN: 9780674530928

ISBN-10: 0674530926

ISBN-13: 9780674530928

Edition: 1982

Authors: Franï¿½ois Grosjean, Franï¿½ois Grosjean

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Many people consider bilinguals to be exceptional, yet almost half the world's population speaks more than one language. Bilingualism is found in every country of the world, in every class of society, in all age groups. Life with Two Languages is the first book to provide a complete and authoritative look at the nature of the bilingual experience. Franois Grosjean, himself a bilingual, covers the topic from each of its many angles in order to provide a balanced introduction to this fascinating phenomenon. Grosjean discusses the political and social situations that arise when languages come into contact and the policies nations have established toward their linguistic minorities in the…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English




Bilingualism in the World


The Extent of Bilingualism


National Patterns of Bilingualism


Language Policy and Linguistic Minorities


The Origins of Bilingualism


The Outcome of Bilingualism



Bilingualism in the United States Language


Diversity and Bilingualism Aspects of the Life of Linguistic Minorities


Bilingual Education Some Linguistic


Minorities Language Maintenance and Language Shift



Bilingualism in Society Attitudes toward


Language Groups and Languages Language


Choice Code-Switching


Bilingualism and Biculturalism



The Bilingual Child Becoming Bilingual


The Acquisition of Two Languages Aspects of Bilingualism in the Child


Education and the Bilingual Child


The Effects of Bilingualism on the Child



The Bilingual Person Describing a Person's Bilingualism


The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism


The Bilingual Brain The Bilingual as a Person



Bilingual Speech and Language


Speaking to a Monolingual Speaking to a Bilingual


The Legacy of Bilingualism


References


Acknowledgments


Index