Language Mixing in Infant Bilingualism: A Sociolinguistic Perspective

Language Mixing in Infant Bilingualism: A Sociolinguistic Perspective
ISBN-10
0199265062
ISBN-13
9780199265060
Category
Bilingualism in children
Pages
407
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Author
Elizabeth Lanza

Description

Examines the simultaneous acquisition of Norwegian and English by two first-born children each with one American and one Norwegian parent. Investigates the issue of language mixing in relation to language dominance and the child's differentiation between the two languages in relation to thecommunicative demands of the context. The paperback edition of Elizabeth Lanza's classic investigation of infant bilingualism includes a new section assessing recent research and contains an extensive updated bibliography.

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