Bilingual Siblings : : Language Use in Families / / Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Barron-Hauwaert, Suzanne,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Parents' and Teachers' Guides
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. What Do We Know about Bilingual Families? --; Chapter 2. The Growing and Evolving Family --; Chapter 3. The Sibling Relationship --; Chapter 4. Age Difference, Family Size and Language Orders --; Chapter 5. Gender and Language --; Chapter 6. Birth Order: A Child’s Position in the Family --; Chapter 7. Individual Differences: Same Languages, Different Language Histories --; Chapter 8. Bilingualism and Twins, Adoption, Single Parents and Step-Families --; Chapter 9. Five Themes on Family Language Patterns --; Family Profiles --; Appendix 1. Summary of Strategies --; Appendix 2. The Online Survey --; Glossary --; Websites and Chat Forums --; Recommended Books for Bilingual Families --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781847693280; 9783111024738; 9783110663136; 9783110606713
• DOI: 10.21832/9781847693280
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert.

How do bilingual brothers and sisters talk to each other? Sibling language use is an uncharted area in studies of bilingualism. From a perspective of independent researcher and parent of three bilingual children Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert discusses the issues of a growing bilingual or multilingual family. What happens when there are two or more children at different stages of language development? Do all the siblings speak the same languages? Which language(s) do the siblings prefer to speak together? Could one child refuse to speak one language while another child is fluently bilingual? How do the factors of birth order, personality or family size interact in language production? With data from over 100 international families this book investigates the reality of family life with two or more children and languages.