Bilingual Acquisition
Theoretical Implications of a Case Study
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 29 March 2001
- ISBN 9780198299738
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages176 pages
- Size 235x155x11 mm
- Weight 262 g
- Language English
- Illustrations figures and tables 0
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Short description:
An intriguing case study of a young child who acquired English and Spanish from birth. Focusing on her language development before the age of two, it covers a wide range of areas including sounds, vocabulary, and early grammar. The authors consider a number of topical issues including the child's ability to select one language rather than the other, and the question of whether or not a bilingual child has one or two language systems from the very beginning.
MoreLong description:
This book aims to explore the implications for language acquisition theory of a case study in bilingual acquisition. The subject is a child who acquired English and Spanish from birth, and the analysis focuses on various aspects of her language development during the second year of her life.
The authors analyse aspects of the development of her sound system, her vocabulary, her early syntax, and her ability to choose languages appropriately. They discuss issues such as: What are the important cues used by children when acquiring contrasts in their sound systems? How are the sound systems from two languages differentiated by children? Is it possible for children to have two words meaning the same thing in their early vocabulary? Is it possible to identify two linguistic systems in the early two-word utterances of bilinguals? How early are children able to make appropriate language choices?
This study is unusual in that it focuses on a bilingual child under the age of two. The methodology of data collection is fully discussed, and the book includes a extensive lists of the child's words in English and Spanish, as well as her two-word utterances.
thoroughly written, well structured ... the study has been conducted with a very sound methodology, and the data obtained are a valuable source of information on the beginnings of bilingual acquisition
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Methodology of Data Collection and Transcription
Chapter 3: Some Aspects of Phonological Acquisition
Chapter 4: Acquisition of the Lexicon
Chapter 5: The Emergence of Syntax
Chapter 6: Language Choice
Chapter 7: Conclusion and Implications
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