Growing up with Three Languages : : Birth to Eleven / / Xiao-lei Wang.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Wang, Xiao-lei,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Parents' and Teachers' Guides
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)

This book is based on an eleven-year observation of two children who were simultaneously exposed to three languages from birth. It tells the story of two parents from different cultural, linguistic, and ethnic-racial backgrounds who joined to raise their two children with their heritage languages outside their native countries. It also tells the children’s story and the way they negotiated three cultures and languages and developed a trilingual identity. It sheds light on how parental support contributed to the children’s simultaneous acquisition of three languages in an environment where the main input of the two heritage languages came respectively from the father and from the mother. It addresses the challenges and the unique language developmental characteristics of the two children during their trilingual acquisition process.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Dedication -- Prologue -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Complexity of Trilingualism -- Chapter 2. In the Beginning -- Chapter 3. The Home Years -- Chapter 4. Transition from Home to Preschool and Kindergarten -- Chapter 5. The Elementary School Years -- Chapter 6. Identity and Personality Development: Children’s Voices -- Chapter 7. Concluding Remarks -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Useful Websites for Parents -- Index