Growing Up with Languages: Reflections on Multilingual Childhoods

by Claire Thomas

A unique new insight into multilingual families, this book views multilingual childhoods from the point of the child and is based on over 50 interviews with adults who grew up in multilingual settings. The book charts their recollections of their childhoods and includes many different types of families, discusses many of the common issues that arise in multilingual families, and draws examples from all over the world. The book fills a significant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847697151
• ISBN13: 9781847697158
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.9"