The Acquisition of Two Languages from Birth: A Case Study

by Annick De Houwer

Book Overview

This book deals with the question of how children exposed to two languages simultaneously from birth learn to speak those two languages. After a critical and comprehensive survey of most of the literature on the subject, the author concludes that empirically well-documented knowledge in this area is very scant indeed. The core of the book concerns a naturalistic study of a Dutch-English bilingual girl around the age of three. The study's main aim...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521024358
• ISBN13: 9780521024358
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"