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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463944403321

Autore

Hirmer Katharina

Titolo

3 Children - 3 "Genglishes" : a linguistic case study with bilingual children / / Katharina Hirmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-95489-613-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (80 p.)

Disciplina

404.2083

Soggetti

Bilingualism in children

Language and languages - Germany

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

3 Children - 3 Genglishes"; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The Meaning of Bilingualism in the 21st Century; 1.2 What Is Exactly Meant by "Bilingualism"?; 1.3 Reasons for Choosing Bilingualism as the Topic of my Thesis; 1.4 Introduction of the Family and Their Special Situation; 1.5 Outline of the Paper; 2. Theoretical Background of Bilingualism; 2.1 Current Status of Research; 2.2 Categorization of Bilinguals; 2.3 One Person - One Language and Other Strategies; 2.4 Interferences and Code-Mixing in Bilingual Acquisition; 3. The Case Study; 3.1 Design of the Case Study

3.2 Results of the Case Study Related to Linguistic Theory4. Findings with Respect to the Four Questions and FurtherThoughts; 5. List of Works Cited; 6. Appendix; 6.1 Audio Recordings Sorted by Children and Categories; 6.2 The Children's Reading Texts

Sommario/riassunto

Statements like "Ich kann doch nicht shufflen!" or other language mixings belong to the everyday life of bilingual children. This book deals exactly with this topic and contains a case study about English-German bilinguals having lived in Great Britain and the U.S. and now growing up in Germany. Thereby, the study is based on the current theory of bilingualism. The study was conducted with a family living in Germany whereby the children were 8, 10 and 12 years old. They were



studied for 2 weeks in their everyday lives, and the results should be of interest for all kinds of readers who are inte