Becoming bilingual language acquisition in a bilingual community

Lyon explores the processes of monolingual and bilingual language development in preschool children. She provides an overview of child bilingualism, then looks at the factors which predict the language use of the child.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lyon, Jean, 1939- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Clevedon, UK : Multilingual Matters 1996.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 11.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32116184*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How do children acquire language?
  • Where do you find bilingual children?
  • What is meant by childhood bilingualism?
  • How can child language be studied?
  • What language backgrounds are there?
  • What opinions do parents hold about language?
  • A close look at the language of young children
  • How do children in a bilingual community learn language?
  • How do young children use language and do they know what they are doing?
  • Which parent has more influence on the language of the home?
  • What predicts a child's language?
  • How do young children become bilingual?