Bilingual: Life and Reality

by François Grosjean

Overview

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. In a lively and entertaining book, an international authority on bilingualism explores the many facets of life with two or more languages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674066137
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	11/19/2012
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

François Grosjean is Professor Emeritus at the Université de Neuchâtel.

Editorial Reviews

The personal dimension of the book contributes to its readability and vitality. Grosjean succeeds in impressing on his readers the need to demystify bilingualism and seek ways in which to encourage linguistic diversity.

Times Literary Supplement - Kerstin Hoge

What may not be apparent to the non-specialist is the extent to which Grosjean masters the entire body of scholarly literature on bilingualism produced during the past 100 years… It is worth having at one's fingertips the unpretentiously presented, solidly researched facts and figures in this gentle, humorous, civilized book.

Montreal Gazette - Mela Sarkar

Bilingual: Life and Reality…is a readable, informative, and emotionally satisfying work… The book is a gift.

Barbara Zurer Pearson

What may not be apparent to the non-specialist is the extent to which Grosjean masters the entire body of scholarly literature on bilingualism produced during the past 100 years… It is worth having at one's fingertips the unpretentiously presented, solidly researched facts and figures in this gentle, humorous, civilized book.
— Mela Sarkar

Montreal Gazette

The personal dimension of the book contributes to its readability and vitality. Grosjean succeeds in impressing on his readers the need to demystify bilingualism and seek ways in which to encourage linguistic diversity.
— Kerstin Hoge

Times Literary Supplement

Bilingual: Life and Reality…is a readable, informative, and emotionally satisfying work… The book is a gift.
— Barbara Zurer Pearson

Language

Bilingual: Life and Reality…is a readable, informative, and emotionally satisfying work… The book is a gift.

Language - Barbara Zurer Pearson