Living and Loving Bilingualism
My stories about living with many languages
Sunday, 12 February 2012
washing machines and other vehicles
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Today, my son pointed to the washine machine, and said: "Mama, Auto Tür auf!" (Mama, car door open!) I didn't know what he was...
Thursday, 9 February 2012
My favourite code-switches
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So it has been established that code-switching follows rules and is not a sign of confused, undifferentiated language mixing. It is actually...
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Wednesday, 1 February 2012
The rules of code-switching
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People often remark that bilinguals "mix up their languages" a phenomenon that is sometimes referred to as "code-switching....
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Monday, 30 January 2012
C is for Dog.
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So I have been advised (by my dear brother) that I should include more "cute stories" about my son"s bilingualism, so that my...
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Friday, 27 January 2012
A little exercise in fluency...
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I am reading Francois Grosjean's 2010 book called "Bilingual: Life and Reality" and he distinguishes between language fluency ...
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Bilinguals, poor people and women...
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In a class he teaches on Bilingualism here at Edinburgh University, Professor Joseph Gafaranga recently said "People do not generally b...
Monday, 23 January 2012
Some bilinguals are "better" than others
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So if it is rare to actually find someone who really is "equally competent" in both languages, (not at least because it is hard to...
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