Bilingual : : Life and Reality / / François Grosjean.
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,...
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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