Bilingual siblings : language use in families / Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barron-Hauwaert, Suzanne.

Series:

Parents' and teachers' guides ; 12.

Parents' and teachers' guides ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bilingualism in children.

Siblings.

Families--Language.

Families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, 2011.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

How do bilingual brothers and sisters talk to each other? Sibling language use is an uncharted area in studies of bilingualism. From a perspective of independent researcher and parent of three bilingual children Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert discusses the issues of a growing bilingual or multilingual family. What happens when there are two or more children at different stages of language development? Do all the siblings speak the same languages? Which language(s) do the siblings prefer to speak together? Could one child refuse to speak one language while another child is fluently bilingual? How do the factors of birth order, personality or family size interact in language production? With data from over 100 international families this book investigates the reality of family life with two or more children and languages.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. What Do We Know about Bilingual Families?

Chapter 2. The Growing and Evolving Family

Chapter 3. The Sibling Relationship

Chapter 4. Age Difference, Family Size and Language Orders

Chapter 5. Gender and Language

Chapter 6. Birth Order: A Child’s Position in the Family

Chapter 7. Individual Differences: Same Languages, Different Language Histories

Chapter 8. Bilingualism and Twins, Adoption, Single Parents and Step-Families

Chapter 9. Five Themes on Family Language Patterns

Family Profiles

Appendix 1. Summary of Strategies

Appendix 2. The Online Survey

Glossary

Websites and Chat Forums

Recommended Books for Bilingual Families

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-14765-3

9786613147653

1-84769-328-8

OCLC:

703580721