Bilingual Acquisition: Theoretical Implications of a Case Study

ISBN-13: 9780198299738 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 176 str.

Margaret Deuchar; Suzanne Quay; Suzanne Quay

Opis

This book presents a case study in bilingual acquisition in a child under the age of two and explores the case's implications for language acquisition theory. The data collection methodology is fully discussed, and the book includes an extensive list of the child's words in English and Spanish.

Recenzje

Although obviously written for a restricted audience, it is accessible to the general reader and a delight to the curious. The methodoloical approach, free of jargon and abtruse theorising, builds a relationship of intellectual trust with the reader ... thought-provoking approach

O autorze

Margaret Deuchar is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. After obtaining her undergraduate degree at the University of Cambridge and her Ph.D. at Stanford University in California, she held posts at the universities of Lancaster, Sussex, and Cambridge before moving to Bangor. Previous books include English Grammar for Today (Macmillan 1982, with co-authors Geoffrey Leech and Robert Hoogenraad), British Sign Language (Routledge 1984), and New Horizons in Linguistics (Penguin 1987, with co-editors John Lyons, Richard Coates, and Gerald Gazdar). Suzanne Quay is Associate Professor of International Communication and Linguistics at the International Christian University in Tokyo. She obtained her undergraduate degree at the University of British Columbia, and her M.Phil. and Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge. She has done research not only in early child bilingualism, but also in the area of deaf education. She has published articles in various journals in these areas and is currently investigating multilingual and multicultural development in international families.