Korean-English Bilingualism in Early Childhood : : A Longitudinal Investigation of Development / / Sunny K. Park-Johnson.

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• VerfasserIn: Park-Johnson, Sunny K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism ; 142
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)

This overview of the linguistic development of Korean-English bilingual children in the US focuses on morphology and syntax acquisition in early childhood, a time when language dominance is shifting rapidly. It expands our understanding of heritage language acquisition and furthers bilingualism research on typologically distinct language pairings.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Theoretical Framework -- 1.3 Definitions -- 1.4 Heritage Speakers -- 1.5 Theoretical and Practical Implications of Studying Bilingual Children -- 2 Source of Data and Language Overview -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Participants -- 2.3 Data Collection -- 2.4 Language Overview: Korean -- 2.5 Language Overview: English -- 2.6 Chapter Summary -- 3 Korean Morphology -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Case Markers and Case Ellipsis -- 3.3 Classifiers -- 3.4 Transitivity Markers -- 3.5 Sentence Final Markers -- 3.6 Chapter Summary -- 4 Korean Syntax -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Word Order -- 4.3 Null Pronominals -- 4.4 Chapter Summary -- 5 English Morphology -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 English Articles -- 5.3 English Verb Morphology -- 5.4 Chapter Summary -- 6 English Syntax -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Wh-Movement -- 6.3 Subject Auxiliary Inversion -- 6.4 Word Order -- 6.5 Pronominal Use -- 6.6 Chapter Summary -- 7 Code-Switching -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Code-Mixing: Structure -- 7.3 Code-Switching: Content -- 7.4 Code-Mixing: Frequency Over Time -- 7.5 Chapter Summary -- 8 Ten Years Later -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Theme 1: Korean Language Proficiency and Identity, Belongingness and Family -- 8.3 Theme 2: Shame -- 8.4 Theme 3: Finding Themselves -- 8.5 Analysis -- 8.6 Chapter Summary -- 9 Conclusions and Implications -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Implications for Linguistic Theory -- 9.3 Implications for Identity -- 9.4 Implications for Education -- 9.5 Next Steps -- References -- Index