Bilingual: Life and Reality

François Grosjean
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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.
Genres: NonfictionLanguageLinguisticsEducationPsychologyAcademicParentingResearch
304 Pages

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