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In a fascinating essay that connects well to this month’s theme of intercultural pragmatics, Janice P. Nimura writes about why she and her husband have chosen not to raise their daughter in both Japanese and English - her Japanese would be missing its pragmatic component, possibly resulting in more misunderstandings than if she were monolingual in English.

Read the article here: http://www.salon.com/2015/04/26/youre_raising_your_kids_bilingual_right_well_no/