François Grosjean

On Bilinguals and Bilingualism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"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"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781009210416
• ISBN-10: 1009210416
• Artikelnr.: 68504336

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.