Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. 1 Introduction: Bilingualism and language contact 1
5. I Social aspects of the bilingual community
6. 2 Language and identity 11
7. 3 The sociology of language choke 22
8. 4 Language maintenance and shift 32
9. 5 Language planning 46
10. 6 Bilingual education 59
11. II The bilingual speaker
12. 7 Psychological dimensions of bilingualism 73
13. 8 Second-language acquisition 82
14. 9 The effects of bilingualism 101
15. III Language use in the bilingual community
16. 10 Code switching and code mixing 117
17. 11 Strategies of neutrality 129
18. 12 Strategies and problems in bilingual interaction 138
19. IV Linguistic consequences
20. 13 Language contact and language change 153
21. 14 Lexical borrowing 164
22. 15 Pidgins and creoles 175
23. References 187
24. Index to languages and countries 201
25. Subject index 206
26. Author index 210