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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450494603321

Titolo

Childhood bilingualism [[electronic resource] ] : research on infancy through school age / / edited by Peggy McCardle and Erika Hoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon, : Multilingual Matters, c2006

ISBN

1-280-50179-0

9786610501793

1-85359-871-2

Edizione

[New Edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Collana

Child language and child development ; ; 7

Altri autori (Persone)

McCardlePeggy D

HoffErika <1951->

Disciplina

404.2083

Soggetti

Bilingualism in children

Language acquisition

Literacy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Bilingual Speech Processing in Infants and Adults -- Chapter 2. When Infants Hear Two Languages: Interpreting Research on Early Speech Perception by Bilingual Children -- Chapter 3. The Onset of Word Form Recognition in One Language and in Two -- Chapter 4. Bilingual First Language Acquisition in Perspective -- Chapter 5. Social Factors in Bilingual Development: The Miami Experience -- Chapter 6. Developing Literacy in English-language Learners: An Examination of the Impact of English-only Versus Bilingual Instruction -- Chapter 7. Bilingualism at School: Effect on the Acquisition of Literacy -- Chapter 8. Adult Bilingualism and Bilingual Development -- Chapter 9 Finding the Points of Contact: Language Acquisition in Children Raised in Monolingual, Bilingual and Multilingual Environments -- Chapter 10. Multiple Perspectives on Research on Childhood Bilingualism -- Chapter 11. An Agenda for Research on Childhood Bilingualism -- The Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This book contains reports of research on bilingualism in infants and children as well as perspectives from those involved in cross-linguistic



research on language development, literacy development in bilingual children, and psycholinguistic research on bilingualism in adults. It offers a fresh multidisciplinary perspective and next steps for research on childhood bilingualism.