02297cam a2200277 i 4500001001000000003000600010005001700016008004100033010001700074020001800091035002200109040005600131042000800187050002100195100004500216245004600261260004300307300004100350490004500391504005100436520138000487650002401867942000801891952010501899999001502004a46456103SIRSI20250411082059.0231020s2025    maua     b    001 0 eng    a  2023048902  a9780262549431  a(OCoLC)1412042384  aDLCbengerdacDLCdOCLCOdOCLCFdIG#dYDXdUtOrBLW  apcc00aP115b.G386 2025  aGardner-Chloros, Penelopeeauthor92515510aBilingualismc/ Penelope Gardner-Chloros.  aCambridge, MA :bThe MIT Press,c2025.  a237 pages :billustrations ;c18 cm.  aThe MIT Press essential knowledge series  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aNearly half the world's people are bilingual, but many have no clear understanding of what—aside from being fluent in more than one language—bilingualism means. This lively introduction by linguist Penelope Gardner-Chloros covers everything a bilingual (or curious monolingual) individual might want to know. The book discusses how bilingualism affects brain development and performance in the young and old, its social and political significance throughout time and around the globe, and how people experience and describe it.

Gardner-Chloros looks at how both children and adults, become bilingual, how this affects learning, and what it means to be a bilingual family or family member. Drawing on the latest research, she offers a comprehensive but accessible account of the cognitive effects of bilingualism, and how the bilingual brain differs from the monolingual one. With the help of real examples, she outlines the impact of bilingualism on everyday speech and writing, from formal literature to social media, and lets speakers of various languages and backgrounds describe, in their own words, their experience of bilingualism and its impact on their lives. Informative, engaging, and wide-ranging, Bilingualism is the indispensable resource on a common but little understood phenomenon of far-reaching personal, social, political, and historical significance. 0aBilingualism925156  2lcc  00102lcc4070aTBSbTBSd2025-04-11l1oP115 GARpB05886r2025-06-02s2025-04-11t1w2025-04-11y1  c4641d4641