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Author: Jeanine Treffers-Daller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 1107044499
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith contributions from an international team of leading experts, this volume offers new ways to explore and measure language dominance.
Author: Cornelia Hamann
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2019-09-20
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 2889459888
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt has long been established that bilingual speakers are rarely balanced in their languages so that one language is dominant. The contributions to the Research Topic “Bilingual Language Development: The Role of Dominance” focus on the potential effects of language dominance on the competence and processing of bilinguals, covering a large variety of language combinations and domains. Important aspects of such work are the interplay of L1-maintenance/attrition and possible L2-dominance, the direction of cross-linguistic influence (CLI) or code-mixing, as well as the effects of bilingualism on cognitive development, each addressed in several contributions. However, such research presupposes a definition of dominance, which is far from being settled. This gives rise to considerable differences in the operationalization of the concept across studies. The studies in this Research Topic present a multifaceted picture of the role of language dominance for L1-maintenance/attrition, L2-development and CLI. Though a unified story cannot emerge for such a complex subject, interesting new venues are explored including the impact of dominance shift during L1-re-exposure, comparisons of different types of bilingual groups, or operationalization of dominance through experiential measures. The variety of approaches and results is in part owed to the many language combinations studied and the fact that bilingual children, adults and atypical speakers are investigated. This diversity constitutes the interest of this Research Topic.
Author: Carmen Silva-Corvalán
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-02-06
Total Pages: 435
ISBN-13: 1107729211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow 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.
Author: Guus Extra
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2011-06-24
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 3110807823
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLanguage acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts.
Author: Pascale Leclercq
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2014-06-23
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 1783092289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume brings together concrete ideas on identifying and measuring second language (L2) proficiency from different branches of SLA. The chapters introduce a range of tools for the evaluation of learners' language level with respect to both productive and receptive skills and provide a variety of answers to the question of how to assess L2 proficiency in a valid, reliable and practical manner.
Author: Fred Genesee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994-03-25
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 0521457971
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text brings together the work of 15 elementary education experts who support an integrative approach to educating second language children. The paperback edition is a collection of articles from fourteen elementary education experts who espouse an integrative approach to second language education - one that goes beyond language teaching methodology - to cover a wide range of issues affecting the academic and social success of language minority children. The volume deals not only with second language development, but with the development of the whole child. Rather than focusing on language instruction, it addresses the entire curriculum, and instead of restricting itself to classroom learning, it examines the role of the school, family, and community.
Author: Monika S. Schmid
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2013-05-22
Total Pages: 167
ISBN-13: 902727195X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume consists of a collection of papers that focus on structural/grammatical aspects of the process of first language attrition. It presents an overview of current research, methodological issues and important questions regarding first language attrition. In particular, it addresses the two most prominent issues in current L1 attrition research: Can attrition effects impact on features of core syntax, or are they limited to interface phenomena?, and; What is the role of age at onset (pre-/post-puberty) in this regard? By investigating attrition in a variety of settings, from a case study of a Spanish-speaking adoptee in the US to an empirical investigation of more than 50 long-term attriters of Turkish in the Netherlands, the investigations presented take a new perspective on these issues. Originally published in Language, Interaction and Acquisition - Langage, Interaction et Acquisition 2:2 (2011).
Author: Elena Nicoladis
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2016-06-20
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 3110341247
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book pioneers the study of bilingualism across the lifespan and in all its diverse forms. In framing the newest research within a lifespan perspective, the editors highlight the importance of considering an individual's age in researching how bilingualism affects language acquisition and cognitive development. A key theme is the variability among bilinguals, which may be due to a host of individual and sociocultural factors, including the degree to which bilingualism is valued within a particular context.Thus, this book is a call for language researchers, psychologists, and educators to pursue a better understanding of bilingualism in our increasingly global society.
Author: William Eggington
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9027221634
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work on language policy covers such topics as: language policy agendas; language policy-making in Britain in the 1990s; language policy in the USA; the case of Australia; developments in Canada; and social justice in the work of ESL teachers.
Author: Silvina Montrul
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 381
ISBN-13: 1107007240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn authoritative overview of research into heritage language acquisition, covering key terminological and empirical issues, theoretical approaches, and research methodologies.
