Becoming Bilingual: Language Acquisition in a Bilingual Community

Jean Lyon

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Becoming Bilingual

Language Acquisition in a Bilingual Community

Jean Lyon

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1996

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Volume 11 | Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

About this book

This book is a longitudinal study of how children learn to use more than one language which addresses bilingual language development within families. It aims to examine how young children become bilingual, and to show what factors predict early childhood bilingualism.

Topics

Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines General Linguistics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1 How do Children Acquire Language? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	11
2 Where Do You Find Bilingual Children? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	33
3 What is Meant by Childhood Bilingualism? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	47
4 How can Quid Language be Studied? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	68
5 What Language Backgrounds are There? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	88
6 What Opinions Do Parents Hold About Language? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
7 A Close Look at the Language of Young Children Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	116
8 How Do Children in a Bilingual Community Learn Language? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	131
9 How Do Young Children Use Language and Do They Know What They are Doing? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	145
10 Which Parent has More Influence on the Language of the Home? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	172
11 What Predicts a Child's Language? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	190
12 How Do Young Children Become Bilingual? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	208
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
Appendices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	243
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	270

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November 11, 1996

eBook ISBN:

9781800417960

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

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288

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781800417960

eBook ISBN: 9781800417960

Keywords for this book

Language acquisition; Bilingualism & multilingualism

Audience(s) for this book

College/higher education;

Becoming Bilingual

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