This guide to bilingualism brings together key articles and book extracts which have advanced theory and methodology in the subject. Study questions, activities and a glossary make the book of value as a textbook for many courses.
Li Wei is Pro-Vice-Master of Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, where he is Chair of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Birkbeck Graduate Research School. He is Academician of Social Sciences, and Chair of the General & Applied Linguistics, UK, and is Principal Editor of the International Journal of Bilingualism.
One day when I move into a place of my own in which I feel like I'm going to settle down for a couple of years, I will buy a printed copy of this book and put it in my bookshelves somewhere in my living room to remember how sacred and incredibly intelligent human minds are and how complicated and interesting the notion of "language" is in this world. Please read and start with the very first chapter written by Saussure and see if you can help being amazed for a second.