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Mandarin Development of Indonesian Immigrants’ Children : A Longitudinal Study in Taiwan / by Jenny Yi-chun Kuo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuo, Jenny Yi-chun., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese language.
- Applied linguistics.
- Language and education.
- Chinese.
- Applied Linguistics.
- Language Education.
- Local Subjects:
- Chinese.
- Applied Linguistics.
- Language Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (166 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2016.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
- Summary:
- This book summarizes the results a three-year longitudinal project on Mandarin development among children of Indonesian mothers, the second largest non-Mandarin speaking immigrant group in Taiwan. These children were acquiring their first language while interacting primarily with a non-native learner of the language. The book discusses phonological, lexical and syntactic development to provide a better understanding of the language development of the children of immigrants and has important implications for language education policy and language acquisition theories.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Phonological Development
- Chapter 3 Lexical Development
- Chapter 4 Syntactic Development
- Chapter 5 Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- ISBN:
- 981-10-1035-8
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