The Bilingual Child: Early Development and Language Contact

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Virginia Yip (Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Stephen Matthews (The University of Hong Kong)

The Bilingual Child

Early Development and Language Contact

Virginia Yip (Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Stephen Matthews (The University of Hong Kong)

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Cambridge University Press
30 August 2007

Language acquisition; Bilingualism & multilingualism

Series: Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact

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.

By: Virginia Yip (Professor The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Stephen Matthews (The University of Hong Kong)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 636g
ISBN: 9780521836173
ISBN 10: 0521836174
Series: Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 30 August 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for The Bilingual Child: Early Development and Language Contact

'One of the most striking strengths of this book can be found in Yip and Matthews's continued attempts to bridge theoretical frameworks and reconcile seemingly divergent approaches to the study of bilingualism ... this work will undoubtedly prove useful to students and researchers across many disciplines.' Studies in Second Language Acquisition