Becoming Bilingual : Language Acquisition in a Bilingual Community.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lyon, Jean.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Becoming Bilingual

Place of Publication:

Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, 1996.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 How do Children Acquire Language?

2 Where Do You Find Bilingual Children?

3 What is Meant by Childhood Bilingualism?

4 How can Quid Language be Studied?

5 What Language Backgrounds are There?

6 What Opinions Do Parents Hold About Language?

7 A Close Look at the Language of Young Children

8 How Do Children in a Bilingual Community Learn Language?

9 How Do Young Children Use Language and Do They Know What They are Doing?

10 Which Parent has More Influence on the Language of the Home?

11 What Predicts a Child's Language?

12 How Do Young Children Become Bilingual?

Bibliography

Appendices

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-585-19569-2

OCLC:

1535414147