8. Bilingualism

Keywords: bilingualism, mixed families, language of bilingual children

References: Baker – Wright 2017, Garcia – Wei 2014, Lachout 2017, Morgensternová – Šulová – Scholl 2011

Define the term bilingualism.

Provide the basic types of bilingualism.

What mental and social obstacles do bilingual children have to overcome?

What is the relationship between bilingualism and cultural identification?

What are the linguistic specialities of bilingual children? What do code-switching and code-mixing mean?