One Parent - One Language: An Interactional Approach

by Susanne Döpke

Book Overview

This volume examines the relationship between young children's degrees of bilingualism and features of the verbal input which these children receive from their parents. In particular, it seeks to explore the following question: to what extent are families who follow the 'one parent-one language' principle and whose children become active bilinguals this way, different from families who take the same approach but whose children never develop an active...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556195354
• ISBN13: 9781556195358
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.