| Description |
1 online resource (x, 271 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 11
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Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index. |
| Summary |
Lyon explores the processes of monolingual and bilingual language development in preschool children. She provides an overview of child bilingualism, then looks at the factors which predict the language use of the child. |
| Contents |
How do children acquire language? -- Where do you find bilingual children? -- What is meant by childhood bilingualism? -- How can child language be studied? -- What language backgrounds are there? -- What opinions do parents hold about language? -- A close look at the language of young children -- How do children in a bilingual community learn language? -- How do young children use language and do they know what they are doing? -- Which parent has more influence on the language of the home? -- What predicts a child's language? -- How do young children become bilingual? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Children -- Language.
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Children -- Language. |
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Bilingualism in children.
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Bilingualism in children. |
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Language acquisition.
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Language acquisition. |
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Education, Bilingual.
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Education, Bilingual. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Children. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Lyon, Jean, 1939- Becoming bilingual. Clevedon, UK : Multilingual Matters Ltd., ©1996 1853593184 (DLC) 96015893 (OCoLC)34544937 |
| ISBN |
0585195692 (electronic book) |
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9780585195698 (electronic book) |
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1853593184 (hardbound ; alkaline paper) |
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1853593176 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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