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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.
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.
How do children develop bilingual competence? Do bilingual children
develop language in the same way as monolinguals? Set in the
context of findings on language development, this book examines the
acquisition of English and Spanish by two brothers in the first six
years of their lives. Based on in-depth and meticulous analyses of
naturalistic data, it explores how the systems of both languages
affect each other as the children develop, and how different levels
of exposure to each language influence the nature of acquisition.
The author demonstrates that the children's grammars and lexicons
follow a developmental path similar to that of monolinguals, but
that cross-linguistic interactions affecting lexical, semantic and
discourse-pragmatic aspects arise in Spanish when exposure to it
diminishes around the age of four. The first of its kind, this
original study is a must-read for students and researchers in
bilingualism, child development, language acquisition and language
contact.
How do children develop bilingual competence? Do bilingual children
develop language in the same way as monolinguals? Set in the
context of findings on language development, this book examines the
acquisition of English and Spanish by two brothers in the first six
years of their lives. Based on in-depth and meticulous analyses of
naturalistic data, it explores how the systems of both languages
affect each other as the children develop, and how different levels
of exposure to each language influence the nature of acquisition.
The author demonstrates that the children's grammars and lexicons
follow a developmental path similar to that of monolinguals, but
that cross-linguistic interactions affecting lexical, semantic and
discourse-pragmatic aspects arise in Spanish when exposure to it
diminishes around the age of four. The first of its kind, this
original study is a must-read for students and researchers in
bilingualism, child development, language acquisition and language
contact.
Although the large Hispanic community of Los Angeles is basically a
geographically stable urban community, bound by historical, social,
linguistic, and cultural factors, both its boundaries and its
internal structure are impermanent and undergoing constant change.
In this original study of Spanish-English bilinguals in Los Angeles
County, Carmen Silva-Corvalan explores in depth the linguistic,
cognitive, and social processes underlying language maintenance, as
well as changes characteristic of language shift and loss. She
brings together analytical techniques employed in sociolinguistics,
functional syntax, and discourse analysis.
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