Bilingual upbringing

Literature on bilingualism

Selected references from the historical bilingual-upbringing section.

Historical bibliography: availability and editions may have changed. The list is preserved because it documents sources that informed the original section.

  • George Saunders (1988), Bilingual Children: From Birth to Teens. Linguistic foundations combined with examples from the author’s own German-English family.
  • Colin Baker and Sylvia Prys Jones (1998), Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. A broad reference work on terminology, education and social aspects.
  • George Saunders, Bilingual Children: Guidance for the Family. Practical discussion of family language strategies.
  • Traute Taeschner, The Sun Is Feminine. A study of language acquisition in bilingual children.

Comments on usefulness and availability should be read as historical recommendations rather than a current survey of research literature.