ISBN:
9780191071119
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (210 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.446092
Keywords:
Bilingualism
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book explores the life and experiences of one of the world's most renowned experts in bilingualism. François Grosjean takes the author on an engaging trip through his life as a bicultural bilingual, combining personal accounts and anecdotes with insights from his extensive research, which will appeal to all those interested in bilingualism.
Abstract:
Cover -- A Journey in Languages and Cultures: The Life of a Bicultural Bilingual -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1: Roger and Sallie -- Together in France -- The evolution of their bilingualism -- 2: My early monolingual years -- Madame Wallard -- Abducted to Switzerland -- 3: Becoming bilingual -- First steps in English -- Two new cultures -- Losing my French -- Learning, using, and forgetting Italian -- 4: Culture shock -- Ratcliffe College -- Continuing to lose my French -- A better ending -- 5: Returning to my first culture -- A radical change in language need -- Who was I? -- The Sorbonne -- Antoine Culioli -- A Master's thesis on bilingualism -- 6: May 68 and Vincennes -- May 68 -- Vincennes -- Harlan Lane -- 7: A new life in the United States -- Our first year -- We stay on -- A new program, teaching and research -- 8: Discovering sign language -- Sign language research -- Helping our French colleagues -- The bilingualism of the deaf -- Deaf children and their right to be bilingual -- 9: Life with Two Languages -- Einar Haugen -- Writing my book -- 10: The children become bilingual -- A sabbatical year in Switzerland -- Keeping their bilingualism alive -- 11: Reflections on the bilingual and the bicultural person -- The bilingual is not two monolinguals in one person -- Describing the bicultural person -- 12: A difficult choice -- Starting a research program on bilingualism -- Talking to Noam Chomsky about bilingualism -- Which country to choose? -- 13: Living and working in a fourth culture -- Settling in -- A very different culture -- An American-style laboratory -- 14: Delving further into the bilingual person -- The bilingual speaker -- The bilingual listener -- Stepping back a bit -- Starting an academic journal -- 15: A life in danger -- A wake-up call -- In search of my parents.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
