Christina Schelletter

Introduction to Bilingualism (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.>

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350308664
• Artikelnr.: 62751138

Autorenporträt

Christina Schelletter is the Head of English Language and Communication at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

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-Syntactical Development.- 7. Bilingual Language Processing.- 8. Bilingual Metalinguistic Awareness.- 9. Further Directions in Studying Bilingual Learners.- Data Sources.- Bibliography.- Glossary of Terms.- Index.