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Becoming bilingual : language acquisition in a bilingual community / Jean Lyon.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 11.Publication details: Clevedon, UK : Multilingual Matters, ©1996.Description: 1 online resource (x, 271 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585195692
  • 9780585195698
  • 9781853593178
  • 1853593176
  • 9781853593185
  • 1853593184
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Becoming bilingual.DDC classification:
  • 401/.93 20
LOC classification:
  • LB1139.L3 L96 1996eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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?
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index.

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.

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?

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