Cross-Linguistic Structures in Simultaneous Bilingualism
Published on 12. February 2001
Book
Hardback
258 pages
978-1-55619-953-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume explores the implications of cross-linguistic structures in simultaneous bilingualism. It aims to find cognitive explanations for the presence or absence of cross-linguistic structures that go beyond the debate of 'one system or two'. The contributors present syntactic, morphological and phonological features that are found in bilingual children, but are untypical of monolingual development, and discuss pertinent methodological issues. The orientation of this volume stands out from competing volumes in the field in that the focus is not limited to similarities between monolingual and bilingual first language acquisition. The volume will be of interest to researchers in the field of bilingualism and primary language acquisition, language theorists, and professionals working with bilingual populations.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam/Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55619-953-0 (9781556199530)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
1. List of Contributors; 2. Preface; 3. Introduction: On the Status of Cross-Linguistic Structures in Research on Young Children Growing Up With Two Languages Simultaneously (by Dopke, Susanne); 4. Language Mixing as a Challenge for Linguistics (by Tracy, Rosemarie); 5. Non-Selective Access and Activation in Child Bilingualism: The lexicon (by Linden, Elisabeth van der); 6. Non-Selective Access and Activation in Child Bilingualism: The syntax (by Hulk, Aafke); 7. The Interplay Between Language-Specific Development and Crosslinguistic Influence (by Dopke, Susanne); 8. Negation as a Crosslinguistic Structure in a German-English Bilingual Child (by Schelletter, Christina); 9. 'I Want A Chimney Builden': The Acquisition of Infinitival Constructions in Bilingual Children (by Gawlitzek-Maiwald, Ira); 10. The Search for Cross-Linguistic Influences in the Language of Young Latvian-English Bilinguals (by Sinka, Indra Rita); 11. Beyond 'One System or Two?': Degrees of Separation Between the Languages of French-English Bilingual Children (by Paradis, Johanne); 12. Cross-Linguistic Structures in the Acquisition of Intonational Phonology by German-English Bilingual Children (by Gut, Ulrike); 13. Concluding Remarks: Language Contact - A Dilemma for the Bilingual Child or for the Linguist? (by Lanza, Elizabeth); 14. Author Index; 15. Subject Index