Book: Bilinguality and bilingualism

[Scott McGinnis]

Bilinguality and Bilingualism
Second Edition

Josiane Hamers, Université Laval, Québec
Michel Blanc, Emeritus, University of London


This updated and revised edition of Hamers and Blanc's successful
textbook presents new knowledge about languages in contact from
individual bilinguality to societal bilingualism. It is multi- and
interdisciplinary in approach, and analyzes bilingualism at
individual, interpersonal, and societal levels.  Linguistic, cognitive
and sociocultural aspects of bilingual development are explored, as
are bilingual problems. The authors cover a range of issues including
the relationship among culture, identity, and language behavior in
multicultural settings; communication strategies in interpersonal and
intergroup relations; language shift; pidgins and creoles; language
planning; and bilingual education.

Contents:

Foreword to the second edition; Preface; Introduction; 1. Definitions
and guiding principles; 2. Dimensions and measurement of bilinguality
and bilingualism; 3. The ontogenesis of bilinguality; 4. Bilinguality:
cognitive development and the sociocultural context; 5. The social and
psychological foundations of bilinguality; 6. Bilinguality:
neuropsychological foundations; 7. Information processing in the
bilingual; 8. Social psychological aspects of bilinguality: culture
and identity; 9. Social psychological aspects of bilinguality:
intercultural communication; 10. Societal bilingualism, intergroup
relations and sociolinguistic variations; 11. Bilingual education;
Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; References; Subject index; Author index.

2000/482 pp./13 figures/3 tables
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