An Introduction to Bilingual Development (MM Textbooks, 4)

De Houwer, Dr. Annick

ISBN 10: 1847691684 / ISBN 13: 9781847691682

Published by Multilingual Matters (edition ), 2009

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience. Seller Inventory # 1847691684-11-1

Synopsis:

Increasingly, children grow up hearing two languages from birth. This introductory textbook shows how children learn to understand and speak those languages against the backdrop of their language learning environments. A narrative around the bilingual development of four young children with different language profiles helps to explain the latest research findings in a lively and accessible manner. The narrative describes how bilingually raised children learn to understand and use sounds, words and sentences in two languages, and how they are able to use each of their languages in socially appropriate ways. Positive attitudes towards bilingual development from the people in bilingual children's environments and their recognition that child bilingualism is not monolingualism-times-two are the main ingredients ensuring that children grow up to be happy and expert speakers of two languages.

About the Author: Annick De Houwer has recently been appointed as Chair of Language Acquisition and Teaching at the University of Erfurt in Germany. She is also the new Director of the Language Center there. In addition, Professor De Houwer holds the title of Collaborative Investigator to the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.A.). Her PhD was based on a dissertation on bilingual acquisition, a topic she has since continued to work on steadily. Her first book, The Acquisition of Two Languages from Birth (CUP, 1990), is widely cited in the bilingual acquisition literature. Her second book is the comprehensive textbook Bilingual First Language Acquisition (Multilingual Matters, 2009). Dr. De Houwer has also published on Dutch child language, attitudes towards child language, teen language, and intralingual subtitling.

Bibliographic Details

Title: An Introduction to Bilingual Development (MM...
Publisher: Multilingual Matters (edition )
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good