Abouthalftheworld’spopulationknowsandusestwoormorelanguagesineverydaylife,andanincreasingnumberofparentsareraisingtheirchildrenbilingual.Thisbookcoverstopicssuchastheextentofbilingualism,howsomeonebecomesbilingual,thebilingualmindandbrain,andbilingualismacrossthelifespan.