Language Mixing in Infant Bilingualism: A Sociolinguistic Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780199265060 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 422 str.

Elizabeth Lanza

Opis

This book examines the simultaneous acquisition of Norwegian and English by two first-born children each with one American and one Norwegian parent. Lanza investigates the issue of language mixing in relation to language dominance and the children's differentiation between the two languages in relation to the communicative demands of the context. This new paperback edition contains an extensive updated bibliography.

Recenzje

Lanza's findings provide some insights into the micro-level of interaction in families where parents represent different languages and the factors which contribute to varying degrees of success with the "one parent - one language" principle. This makes the book very important for families and professionals in advisory capacity who want to know what parents can do in order to further the development of the child's weaker language.

O autorze

Elizabeth Lanza is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Oslo.