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Studying Bilinguals (Oxford Linguistics)

By Francois Grosjean

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
9780199281282, 9780199281299, 9781435657366, 0199281289, 0199281297
LCC
P115 .G763 2008
Open Library ID
OL16767742M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1624133 bytes)
Pages
352\323
Topic
Education
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Even though more than half the world's population is bilingual, the study of bilinguals has lagged behind that of monolinguals. With this book, which draws on twenty-five years of the author's research, Fran?ois Grosjean contributes significantly to redressing the balance. The volume covers four areas of research: the definition and characterization of the bilingual person, the perception and production of spoken language by bilinguals, the sign-oral bilingualism of the Deaf, and methodological and conceptual issues in research on bilingualism. While the author takes a largely psycholinguistic approach, his acute linguistic and sociolinguistic awareness is evident throughout and especially so in his reflections on what it means to be bilingual and bicultural. The book also defends increased co-operation among researchers in connecting fields such as the language sciences and the neurosciences.

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