<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Info-CHILDES,<div><br><div> I would like to post this book announcement from Harvard University Press for François Grosjean's new book on bilingualism, including childhood bilingualism.</div><div><br></div><div>-- Brian MacWhinney</div><div><br></div><div>Bilingual Life and Reality</div><div>François Grosjean</div><div>Harvard University Press, 2010, 304 pages ISBN 9780674048874</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">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?</p><p class="MsoNormal">In this book, François Grosjean, an international
authority on bilingualism and son of an English mother and a French father,
explores the many facets of bilingualism, drawing 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.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>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’s simply a way of navigating the
complexities of life.</o:p></p>
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