Becoming Bilingual : : Language Acquisition in a Bilingual Community / / Jean Lyon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2023
• VerfasserIn: Lyon, Jean,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [1996]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Language: English
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism ; 11
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1 How do Children Acquire Language? --; 2 Where Do You Find Bilingual Children? --; 3 What is Meant by Childhood Bilingualism? --; 4 How can Quid Language be Studied? --; 5 What Language Backgrounds are There? --; 6 What Opinions Do Parents Hold About Language? --; 7 A Close Look at the Language of Young Children --; 8 How Do Children in a Bilingual Community Learn Language? --; 9 How Do Young Children Use Language and Do They Know What They are Doing? --; 10 Which Parent has More Influence on the Language of the Home? --; 11 What Predicts a Child's Language? --; 12 How Do Young Children Become Bilingual? --; Bibliography --; Appendices --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800417960; 9783111024721
• DOI: 10.21832/9781800417960
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jean Lyon.

This book is a longitudinal study of how children learn to use more than one language which addresses bilingual language development within families. It aims to examine how young children become bilingual, and to show what factors predict early childhood bilingualism.