21.3107, Books: Language Acquisition/Sociolinguistics: Grosjean

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Title: Bilingual 
Subtitle: Life and Reality 
Publication Year: 2010 
Publisher: Harvard University Press
	   http://www.hup.harvard.edu/
	

Book URL: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/ 


Author: François Grosjean

Hardback: ISBN:  9780674048874 Pages: 276 Price: U.S. $ 25.95


Abstract:

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? 

In a lively and often entertaining book, an international authority on 
bilingualism, son of an English mother and a French father, explores the 
many facets of bilingualism. In this book, François Grosjean draws 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.   

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. 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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