Language Dominance in Bilinguals
Issues of Measurement and Operationalization
Published on 18. December 2015
Book
Hardback
314 pages
978-1-107-04449-4 (ISBN)
Description
With contributions from leading scholars of bilingualism, Language Dominance in Bilinguals is the first publication to survey different approaches to language dominance, along with suggested avenues for further research. It illustrates how a critical approach to the notion of language dominance, as well as its operationalization and measurement, can provide new insights into this burgeoning area of research. Drawing on adult and child data from a variety of language pairs, the chapters discuss how language dominance is to be conceptualized and distinguished from such related constructs as language proficiency and language competence. This volume is the first of its kind to present an overview of different approaches to language dominance from across the theoretical spectrum, as well as suggested avenues for further research. Accessibly written, Language Dominance in Bilinguals is a valuable new addition to the field and essential reading for students and scholars working in bilingualism, speech therapy and education.
Reviews / Votes
'This ambitious book fills an important gap in bi- and multilingual research. Providing a well-motivated theoretical basis, it covers a broad variety of different ways of operationalising and measuring dominance.' Heidi Rontu, Aalto University, FinlandMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
24 Halftones, unspecified; 24 Halftones, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
608 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-04449-4 (9781107044494)
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Issues of Measurement and Operationalization
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Issues of Measurement and Operationalization
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Persons
Jeanine Treffers-Daller is Professor of Second Language Education at the Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK. Carmen Silva-Corvalan is Professor Emerita of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Southern California.
Content
1. Digging into dominance: a closer look at language dominance in bilinguals Carmen Silva-Corvalan and Jeanine Treffers-Daller; 2. Dominance and proficiency in early and late bilingualism Silvina Montrul; 3. Related but different: the two concepts of language dominance and language proficiency Anika Schmeisser, Malin Hager, Laia Arnaus Gil, Veronika Jansen, Jasmin Geveler, Nadine Eichler, Marisa Patuto and Natascha Mueller; 4. The complementarity principle and its impact on processing, acquisition, and dominance Francois Grosjean; 5. Dominance in bilingualism: foundations of measurement, with insights from the study of handedness David Birdsong; 6. Using lexical diversity measures to operationalize language dominance in bilinguals Jeanine Treffers-Daller and Tomasz Korybski; 7. Balance patterns in early bilingual acquisition: a longitudinal study of word comprehension and production Annick De Houwer and Marc H. Bornstein; 8. Amount of exposure as a proxy for dominance in bilingual language acquisition Sharon Unsworth; 9. The role of the childhood environment for language dominance: a study of adult simultaneous bilingual speakers of German and French Tanja Kupisch and Joost van de Weijer; 10. Assessing the relationship between input and strength of language development: a study on Italian-English bilingual children Francesca La Morgia; 11. Measuring language dominance in bilingual children: implications for cross-linguistic influence Elena Nicoladis; 12. Language dominance: the construct, its measurement and operationalization Jeanine Treffers-Daller; 13. Conclusion Jeanine Treffers-Daller.