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- English
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Introduction to Bilingualism
About this book
Drawing together linguists' and psychologists' approaches to the study of bilingualism, this innovative and engaging volume provides students with a firm grounding in bilingual acquisition and development. It begins with a discussion of sequential and simultaneous bilinguals, illustrated by a wealth of case studies and examples, and the key theories surrounding bilingual development. The book subsequently explores topics such as bilingual speech perception, sound, lexical and morpho-syntactic development, cognitive processing and metalinguistic awareness.Introduction to Bilingualism is an essential companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students of applied linguistics, psycholinguistics, speech and language therapy and language education.>
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Bilingual Language Development
- 2 Theories of Bilingual Development
- 3 Characteristics of the Bilingual Learner
- 4 Bilingual Speech Perception and Sound Development
- 5 Bilingual Lexical Development
- 6 Bilingual Morpho-Syntactic Development
- 7 Bilingual Language Processing
- 8 Bilingual Metalinguistic Awareness
- 9 Further Directions in Studying Bilingual Learners
- Data sources
- Bibliography
- Glossary of terms
- Index
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