Bilingualism

ISBN-13: 9783836493963 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 64 str.

Katalin McNamara

Opis

This book looks at the development of the English language in the three children from a family of Hungarian/Irish parentage. The book looks at a number of areas including the lingustics involved in code-switching and the change in languages as dependent in different social circumstances. Although the work is academic in nature, the book also contains numerous examples of wit from the children involved, which, unlike most academic works, will bring a smile to your face. The author, Katalin McNamara spent a lot of time with the children (she is their mother) and saw them react in normal, everyday circumstances around the people they are most comfortable with - family and friends. The book hopes to help families who live in a situation where the parents speak two different languages and to guide them a little in helping them teach their children how to learn and use both languages effectively.

O autorze

McNamara, Katalin Katalin McNamara was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1970 and has travelled throughout Europe and North America. She recently completed two degrees, one in communications and another in English Language and Literature. She is interested in bilingualism as she is married to an Irishman and they have three daughters who speak English and Hungarian.