Episode 20: François Grosjean is kind of a big deal
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After over 40 years researching bilingualism and biculturalism, publishing 10 books, founding one of the most important academic journals in bilingualism, writing a bilingualism blog for 10 years, and raising two multilingual sons, Francois Grosjean sits down to chat with us on a variety of topics from bilingualism of the Deaf, bilingualism in Europe vs. the United States, language loss, the difference between bilingualism and biculturalism, and baseball. In the episode, he references the following books:
Life as a Bilingual (2021)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/life-as-a-bilingual/D1717C0B80AB17B81471F1136CC5F9D7#fndtn-information
A Journey in Languages and Cultures (2019)
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-journey-in-languages-and-cultures-9780198754947?q=fran%C3%A7ois%20grosjean&lang=en&cc=de#
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