Childhood bilingualism : research on infancy through school age /

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Imprint:Clevedon [England] ; Buffalo [N.Y.] : Multilingual Matters, c2006.
Description:x, 170 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Child language and child development ; 7
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5893005
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Other authors / contributors:McCardle, Peggy D.
Hoff, Erika, 1951-
ISBN:1853598704 (hbk : alk. paper)
1853598690 (pbk : alk. paper)
9781853598708 (hbk : alk. paper)
9781853598692 (pbk : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Childhood Bilingualism Research: An Introduction
  • 1. Bilingual Speech Processing
  • 2. When Infants Hear Two Languages: Interpreting Research on Early Speech Perception by Bilingual Children
  • 3. The Onset of Word Form Recognition in One Language and in Two
  • 4. Bilingual First Language Acquisition in Perspective
  • 5. Social Factors in Bilingual Development
  • 6. Developing Literacy in English-Language Learners
  • 7. Bilingualism at School
  • 8. Adult Bilingualism and Bilingual Development
  • 9. Finding the Points of Contact: Language Acquisition in Children Raised in Monolingual, Bilingual and Multilingual Environment
  • 10. Multiple Perspectives on Research on Childhood Bilingualism
  • 11. An Agenda for Research on Childhood Bilingualism