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cover next page > title: Becoming Bilingual : Language Acquisition in a Bilingual Community Bilingual Education and Bilingualism ; 11 author: Lyon, Jean. publisher: Multilingual Matters isbn10 | asin: 1853593176 print isbn13: 9781853593178 ebook isbn13: 9780585195698 language: English subject Children--Language, Bilingualism in children, Language acquisition, Education, Bilingual. publication date: 1996 lcc: LB1139.L3L96 1996eb ddc: 401/.93 subject: Children--Language, Bilingualism in children, Language acquisition, Education, Bilingual. cover next page > < previous page page_i next page > Page i Becoming Bilingual < previous page page_i next page > < previous page page_ii next page > Page ii BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUALISM Series Editors Professor Colin Baker, University of Wales, Bangor, Wales, Great Britain and Professor Nancy H. Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA Other Books in the Series Building Bridges: Multilingual Resources for Children MULTILINGUAL RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN PROJECT Curriculum Related Assessment, Cummins and Bilingual Children TONY CLINE and NORAH FREDERICKSON (eds) Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism COLIN BAKER Language Minority Students in the Mainstream Classroom ANGELA L. CARRASQUILLO and VIVIAN RODRIGUEZ A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism COLIN BAKER Policy and Practice in Bilingual Education O. GARCIA and C. BAKER (eds) Multicultural Child Care P. VEDDER, E. BOUWER and T. PELS Teaching Science to Language Minority Students JUDITH W. ROSENTHAL Working with Bilingual Children M.K. VERMA, K.P. CORRIGAN and S. FIRTH (eds) Other Books of Interest The Age Factor in Second Language Acquistion D. SINGLETON and Z. LENGYEL (eds) Child Language MICHELLE ALDRIDGE (ed.) Language Policies in English-Dominant Countries MICHAEL HERRIMAN and BARBARA BURNABY (eds) Making Multicultural Education Work STEPHEN MAY Three Generations - Two Languages - One Family LI WEI Please contact us for the latest book information: Multilingual Matters Ltd, Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon BS21 7SJ, UK < previous page page_ii next page > < previous page page_iii next page > Page iii BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUALISM 11 Series Editors: Colin Baker and Nancy Hornberger Becoming Bilingual Language Acquisition in a Bilingual Community Jean Lyon Multilingual Matters LTD Clevedon • Philadelphia • Toronto • Adelaide • Johannesburg < previous page page_iii next page > < previous page page_iv next page > Page iv Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Lyon, Jean Becoming Bilingual: Language Acquisition in a Bilingual Community/Jean Lyon Bilingual Education and Bilingualism: 11 Includes bibliographical references and index 1. Children-Language. 2. Bilingualism in children. 3. Language acquisition. 4. Education, Bilingual. I. Title. II. Series. LB1139.L3L96 1996 401'.93-dc20 96-15893 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 1-85359-318-4 (hbk) ISBN 1-85359-317-6 (pbk) Multilingual Matters Ltd UK: Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon BS21 7SJ. USA: 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, PA 19007, USA. Canada: OISE, 712 Gordon Baker Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2H 3R7. Australia: P.O. Box 6025, 95 Gilles Street, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. South Africa: PO Box 1080, Northcliffe 2115, Johannesburg, South Africa. Copyright © 1996 Jean Lyon All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. Typeset by Bookcraft, Stroud, Glos. Printed and bound in Great Britain by the Cromwell Press. < previous page page_iv next page > < previous page page_v next page > Page v Contents Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 1 Background 2 Questions and More Questions 3 Research Fields 5 Plan of Book 1 How do Children Acquire Language? 11 11 Introduction 12 Theories of Language Development 15 Communication 20 Describing Language 28 Cognition 30 Society 31 Summary 2 Where Do You Find Bilingual Children? 33 33 Introduction 34 Bilingual Communities 37 Children and Languages 45 Summary 3 What is Meant by Childhood Bilingualism? 47 47 Introduction 50 Theories 53 Theories of Bilingual Language Acquisition 59 Issues in Childhood Bilingualism 67 Summary < previous page page_v next page > < previous page page_vi next page > Page vi 4 How can Child Language be Studied? 68 68 Introduction 69 Approaches to the Study of Child Language 75 The Anglesey Project 86 Summary 5 What Language Backgrounds are There? 88 88 Introduction 91 Language Use in a Community 96 Talking to One Another 98 Summary 6 What Opinions Do Parents Hold About Language? 99 99 Introduction 100 Parents in North Wales 102 Questionnaire One (1989) 106 Three Years Later 108 Questionnaire Two (1992) 114 Summary 7 A Close Look at the Language of Young Children 116 116 Introduction 118 Becoming a Language User 122 The Dictionary 127 Development in the Population 129 Summary 8 How Do Children in a Bilingual Community Learn Language? 131 131 Introduction 132 First Measures 140 Development in the Population 143 Summary 9 How Do Young Children Use Language and Do They 145 Know What They are Doing? 145 Introduction 146 Is There a Functional Sequence? 148 Functions < previous page page_vi next page > < previous page page_vii next page > Page vii 156 When Do Children Become Aware of Language per se? 159 Language Awareness 163 Becoming Bilingual 169 Connections 170 Summary 10 Which Parent has More Influence on the Language of the Home? 172 172 Introduction 173 Parental Influence in the 1988-89 Sample 180 Questionnaire Two 184 Gender and Influence 188 Summary 11 What Predicts a Child's Language? 190 190 Introduction 191 The Development of Language 192 Language Background as a Predictor 195 Parental Opinions 198 Parental Language 204 Conclusions 206 Summary 12 How Do Young Children Become Bilingual? 208 208 Introduction 209 Which Children? 213 Being Bilingual

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Explores the processes of monolingual language development in pre-school children. Following an overview of child bilingualism, this book looks at the influence of the child's family environment and the factors which predict the language use of the child.
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