On Bilinguals and Bilingualism

"Professor Franðcois Grosjean is a recognized world expert on bilingualism. In this fascinating book, he surveys the many contributions he has made to the field, gives follow-up comments, reviews how the field has responded, and stresses how important it is to inform the general public about bilingualism and biculturalism"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The setting; 2. A holistic view of bilingualism; 3. The bilingual's language modes; 4. The complementarity principle; 5. Spoken language processing; 6. Cross-linguistic influence; 7. Bilinguals who are also bicultural; 8. The bilingualism and biculturalism of the Deaf; 9. The statistics of bilingualism; 10. Special bilinguals; 11. A bilingualism researcher's social role; References.

About the author

François Grosjean is a psycholinguist and a recognized world expert on bilingualism. He has authored numerous publications including fourteen books, one of which, Bilingualism: Life and Reality, was selected as a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title. He is the cofounder of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (Cambridge University Press).

Summary

Professor François Grosjean is a recognized world expert on bilingualism. In this fascinating book, he surveys the many contributions he has made to the field, gives follow-up comments, reviews how the field has responded, and stresses how important it is to inform the general public about bilingualism and biculturalism.

Product details

• Authors: François Grosjean, Francois (Universite De Neuchatel Grosjean
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2024
• EAN: 9781009210416
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0921041-6
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, Sociolinguistics, Language acquisition, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication, Sign languages, Braille and other linguistic communication