Bilingual Language Acquisition: Spanish and English in the First Six Years

by Carmen Silva-Corvalan and Carmen Silva-Corvalán

Book Overview

How do children develop bilingual competence? Do bilingual children develop language in the same way as monolinguals? Set in the context of findings on language development, this book examines the acquisition of English and Spanish by two brothers in the first six years of their lives. Based on in-depth and meticulous analyses of naturalistic data, it explores how the systems of both languages affect each other as the children develop, and how different...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107673151
• ISBN13: 9781107673151
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 431 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"