Bilinguality and Bilingualism

by Josiane F. Hamers , Michel H. A. Blanc

• ISBN13: 9780521640497
• ISBN10: 0521640490
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This updated and revised edition of Hamers and Blanc's successful textbook presents state-of-the-art knowledge about languages in contact from individual bilingualism (or bilinguality) to societal bilingualism. It is both multi- and interdisciplinary in approach, and analyses bilingualism at individual, interpersonal, and societal levels. Linguistic, cognitive and sociocultural aspects of bilingual development are explored, as are problems such as bilingual memory and polyglot aphasia. Hamers and Blanc analyse the relationship between culture, identity, and language behaviour in multicultural settings, as well as the communication strategies in interpersonal and intergroup relations. They also propose theoretical models of language processing and development, which are then applied to bilingual behaviour. Other topics reviewed include language shift, pidgins and creoles, language planning and bilingual education. This book will be invaluable to students, teachers and scholars interested in languages in contact in a range of disciplines including psycholinguistics, linguistics, the social sciences, education and language planning.

Table of Contents

List of figures	viii
List of tables	ix
Foreword to the second edition	xi
Preface	xiii
Introduction	1	(5)
Definitions and guiding principles	6	(19)
Definitions	6	(2)
General guidelines to language behaviour	8	(15)
Conclusion	23	(2)
Dimensions and measurement of bilinguality and bilingualism	25	(25)
Dimensions of bilinguality and bilingualism	25	(8)
Measurement of bilinguality and bilingualism	33	(16)
Conclusion	49	(1)
Ontogenesis of bilinguality	50	(32)
Bilinguistic development	52	(13)
Ontogenesis of early consecutive bilinguality	65	(7)
Gestural/articulated bilinguality	72	(2)
Sensitive-age hypothesis	74	(2)
Language attrition and bilinguality	76	(3)
Conclusion	79	(3)
Cognitive development and the sociocultural context of bilinguality	82	(28)
Bilinguality and cognition	82	(3)
Cognitive consequences of bilinguality	85	(15)
Social networks, language valorisation and literacy: the socio-cultural interdependence hypothesis	100	(8)
Conclusion	108	(2)
Social and psychological foundations of bilinguality	110	(25)
Processes of language development	110	(13)
The development of bilinguality	123	(10)
Conclusion	133	(2)
Neuropsychological foundations of bilinguality	135	(27)
Hemispheric preference and language behaviour	136	(1)
Techniques for measuring cerebral preference for language	137	(2)
Neuropsychological development of bilinguals	139	(17)
Hemispheric preferences and the signing bilingual	156	(1)
Conclusion	157	(5)
Information processing in the bilingual	162	(36)
Language storing and processing in bilinguals	162	(21)
Models of bilingual information processing	183	(10)
Non-verbal behaviour of the bilingual	193	(3)
Conclusion	196	(2)
Social psychological aspects of bilinguality: culture and identity	198	(43)
Language and culture	198	(2)
Cultural/ethnic/ethnolinguistic identity	200	(9)
Bilinguality and ethnolinguistic identity	209	(13)
Bilinguality, perceptions and attitudes	222	(6)
Social psychological aspects of L2 acquisition	228	(11)
Conclusion	239	(2)
Social psychological aspects of bilinguality: intercultural communication	241	(32)
Speech/communication accommodation	242	(9)
Communication strategies in intercultural interaction	251	(7)
`Code-switching', `code-mixing', `bilingual borrowing'	258	(13)
Conclusion	271	(2)
Societal bilingualism, intergroup relations and sociolinguistic variations	273	(45)
Origins of societal bilingualism	274	(1)
The role of language in intergroup relations	275	(17)
Sociolinguistic variations in language-contact situations	292	(15)
Implications of language-contact phenomena for linguistic theory	307	(3)
Language planning	310	(5)
Conclusion	315	(3)
Bilingual education	318	(37)
Literacy and language planning in education	318	(3)
Definitions and typologies of bilingual education	321	(2)
Factors conditioning bilingual education	323	(7)
Bilingual education programs	330	(21)
Bilingual education and form--function mapping	351	(1)
Conclusion	352	(3)
Conclusion	355	(6)
Notes	361	(6)
Glossary	367	(10)
References	377	(56)
Subject index	433	(25)
Author index	458