Bilingual First Language Acquisition

by Annick De Houwer

Book Overview

Increasingly, children grow up hearing two languages from birth. This comprehensive textbook explains how children learn to understand and speak those languages. It brings together both established knowledge and the latest findings about different areas of bilingual language development. It also includes new analyses of previously published materials. The book describes how bilingually raised children learn to understand and use sounds, words and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847691498
• ISBN13: 9781847691491
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 9.7"