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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450987603321

Autore

Cruz-Ferreira Madalena <1952->

Titolo

Three is a crowd? [[electronic resource] ] : acquiring Portuguese in a trilingual environment / / Madalena Cruz-Ferreira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon, UK ; ; Buffalo, NY, : Multilingual Matters, c2006

ISBN

1-280-55099-6

9786610550999

1-85359-839-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Collana

Child language and child development ; ; 6

Disciplina

306.44/6/09469

Soggetti

Multilingualism in children

Language acquisition

Language and culture

Portuguese language - Acquisition

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 (p. 311-329) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Preview -- 2. Issues in Bilingualism and Bilingual Acquisition -- 3. The Children -- 4. Data Collection and Analytical Choices -- 5. Speaking Languages, and Talking about Them -- 6. Shaping Sound -- 7. Probing for Constituency -- 8. Probing for Meaning -- 9. A New Language: Intruder or Guest? -- 10. Language Input and Language Management in a Multilingual Environment -- 11. Balancing Culture and Identity -- 12. Overview -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The book describes three siblings' apportioning of linguistic and cultural space among three languages: Portuguese, Swedish and English. Parallel strategies accounting for monolingual and multilingual language management shape a truly illuminating picture of child linguistic competence. Written by a multilingual parent, educator and linguist, this book is for parents, educators and linguists in our predominantly, increasingly multilingual world.