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Francois Grosjean Ph.D.

About

François Grosjean, Ph.D., is Emeritus Professor of psycholinguistics, Neuchâtel University, Switzerland. His domains of interest are the perception, comprehension and production of language, be it speech or sign language, in monolinguals and bilinguals. He also has interests in biculturalism, applied linguistics, aphasia, sign language, and natural language processing. He is better known for his work on bilingualism in which he has investigated the holistic view of bilingualism, language mode, the complementarity principle, the processing of code-switching and borrowing, as well as the bilingualism of the Deaf.

He is the author of numerous articles and of seven books on bilingualism: Life with Two Languages (Harvard University Press, 1982), Studying Bilinguals (Oxford University Press, 2008), Bilingual: Life and Reality (Harvard University Press, 2010), The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism (with Ping Li; Wiley-Blackwell, 2013), Parler plusieurs langues: le monde des bilingues (Albin Michel, 2015), The Listening Bilingual: Speech Perception, Comprehension, and Bilingualism (with Krista Byers-Heinlein; Wiley-Blackwell, 2018) and A Journey in Languages and Cultures: The Life of a Bicultural Bilingual (Oxford University Press, 2019).

Books by Francois Grosjean Ph.D.
Recent Posts
Life as a Bilingual: Au Revoir
This blog tells readers what it means to live with two or more languages, and constitutes an online resource on the bilingual adult and child. Writing it has been a pleasure.
Keeping My Four Cultures Alive

Over the course of my life, I have become a mosaic of four cultures. I now have the challenge of keeping them alive within me.

Over the course of my life, I have become a mosaic of four cultures. I now have the challenge of keeping them alive within me.

Those Amazing Special Bilinguals

Special bilinguals have a regular—and at times unique—relationship with their languages.

Special bilinguals have a regular—and at times unique—relationship with their languages.

Recovering a Childhood Language Under Hypnosis

In close to 60 years, only three readily available studies have examined whether a forgotten childhood language can reappear under hypnosis. The results are truly fascinating.

In close to 60 years, only three readily available studies have examined whether a forgotten childhood language can reappear under hypnosis. The results are truly fascinating.

Multilingual Aphasia: A Personal Testimony

Language and speech impairment due to brain damage is a very difficult experience some people have to live through. Here an aphasic patient gives us her personal testimony.

Language and speech impairment due to brain damage is a very difficult experience some people have to live through. Here an aphasic patient gives us her personal testimony.

Understanding Language Loss

Languages can be acquired but they can also be lost. In this post, an expert on the topic of language attrition in bilinguals tells us about it.

Languages can be acquired but they can also be lost. In this post, an expert on the topic of language attrition in bilinguals tells us about it.

Stuttering in Bilinguals: What We Know

Many aspects of stuttering in bilinguals are still being researched. Dr. Valerie Lim, a recognized stuttering specialist, helps us uncover the major issues.

Many aspects of stuttering in bilinguals are still being researched. Dr. Valerie Lim, a recognized stuttering specialist, helps us uncover the major issues.