An Introduction to Bilingual Development

de Houwer, Annick

ISBN 10: 1847691684 / ISBN 13: 9781847691682

Verlag: Multilingual Matters Limited, 2009

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: An Introduction to Bilingual Development
• Verlag: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1847691684
• ISBN-13: 9781847691682
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

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Inhaltsangabe

This introductory textbook shows how children learn to understand and speak two 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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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 book The Acquisition of Two Languages from Birth (CUP, 1990) is widely cited in the bilingual acquisition literature. Dr. De Houwer has also published on Dutch child language, attitudes towards child language, teen language, and intralingual subtitling. She has extensive editorial experience.