Examines the early linguistic development of children bilingual in English and Cantonese. Series: Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b/w illus. 31 tables. BIC Classification: CFDC; CFDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 516. . 2007. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .

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Title: The Bilingual Child: Early Development and Language Contact (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521544769
ISBN 13: 9780521544764
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New

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How does a child become bilingual? The answer to this intriguing question remains largely a mystery, not least because it has been far less extensively researched than the process of mastering a first language. Drawing on new studies of children exposed to two languages from birth (English and Cantonese), this book demonstrates how childhood bilingualism develops naturally in response to the two languages in the children's environment. While each bilingual child's profile is unique, the children studied are shown to develop quite differently from monolingual children. The authors demonstrate significant interactions between the children's developing grammars, as well as the important role played by language dominance in their bilingual development. Based on original research and using findings from the largest available multimedia bilingual corpus, the book will be welcomed by students and scholars working in child language acquisition, bilingualism and language contact.

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Virginia Yip is Professor in Linguistics and Modern Languages at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Stephen Matthews is Associate Professor in Linguistics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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