On Bilinguals and Bilingualism

Préface
Discover François Grosjean's numerous contributions to the field of bilingualism over a span of some 40 years.

Auteur
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).

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"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"--

Contenu
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.