Bilingual Siblings - Language Use in Families

Taking a different perspective to traditional case studies on one bilingual child, this book discusses the whole family and the realities of life with two or more children and languages. This book explores language patterns and preferences as well as the effect of birth order and family size on language use.

About the author

Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert independently researches bilingual families and their language patterns. She is the author of Language Strategies for Bilingual Families: the one-parent-one-language approach (2004, Multilingual Matters). Suzanne is British, married to a Frenchman, and lives in France with their three bilingual children aged 13, 11 and 7. Suzanne advises families through Bilingual Support Groups in France and writes on education and bringing up children with two languages.

Summary

Taking a different perspective to traditional case studies on one bilingual child, this book discusses the whole family and the realities of life with two or more children and languages. This book explores language patterns and preferences as well as the effect of birth order and family size on language use.

Product details

• Authors: Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.01.2011
• EAN: 9781847693266
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-326-6
• No. of pages: 230
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 357 g
• Series: Parents' and Teachers' Guides; Parents' and Teachers' Guides
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures