He has published numerous books and articles on bilingualism, French language and linguistics, and applied linguistics.īilinguality and Bilingualism Second edition Josiane F. Blanc is Emeritus Reader in Applied Linguistics and Bilingualism at Birkbeck College, University of London. She has published widely in journals - including the International Journal of Sociology of Language, Journal of Language and Social Psychology and Langue et Socie´te´ - and has written chapters and books in both English and French. Hamers is a Professor of Psycholinguistics and Bilingualism in the De´partement de Langues et Linguistique at the Universite´ Laval, Que´bec. The book will be invaluable to students, teachers and scholars interested in bilingualism in a range of disciplines including psycholinguistics, linguistics, the social sciences, education and language planning. This new edition reflects the changes in the theoretical approaches to bilingualism since the late 1980s and includes sections on language attrition, languages in contact and neuropsychological aspects of bilinguality. Other topics reviewed include language shift, pidgins and creoles, language planning and bilingual education. They also propose theoretical models of language processing and development, which are then applied to bilingual behaviour.
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. Linguistic, cognitive and sociocultural aspects of bilingual development are explored, as are problems such as bilingual memory and polyglot aphasia.
The book is both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary in approach, and analyses bilingualism at individual, interpersonal and societal levels. This updated and revised edition of Hamers and Blanc’s successful textbook presents state-of-the-art knowledge about languages in contact from individual bilinguality to societal bilingualism. Bilinguality and Bilingualism Second edition