International Journal of Bilingualism articles from June 2003

International Journal of Bilingualism archives from June 2003

The modeling hypothesis and child bilingual codemixing *.
June 1, 2003... Abstract According to one explanation of child bilingual codemixing (the modeling hypothesis), bilingual children's rates of mixing are related to rates of mixing in the input addressed to them. An assumption of this hypothesis is that...

Investigating the sociolinguistic gender paradox in a multilingual community: a case study from the Republic of Palau *.
June 1, 2003... Abstract The focus of this article is the supposed "Gender Paradox," proposed by Labov (1990, 2001), which suggests that women are both sometimes conservative and sometimes innovative in terms of linguistic variation and change. Here we...

Multilingualism among the Penans in Brunei *.
June 1, 2003... Abstract This article considers multilingualism among a group of ex-hunter-gatherers, the Penans in Brunei. Settled permanently since 1962, this small community of 55 people inhabit the sparsely populated subdistrict of Sukang in...

French-English bilingual acquisition of phonology: one production system or two?
June 1, 2003... Abstract We examine the onset, atrophy and possible interaction of a set of patterns in the speech of our child (Tom) acquiring French and English, from first words (1 ;8.0-1;10.0) until 2;6.0. The patterns are: (a) consonant harmony...

Russlanddeutsche Sprachbiographien. Untersuchungen zur sprachlichen Integration von Aussiedlerfamilien [Russian-German language biographies. Analyses of the linguistic integration of families of ethnic German resettlers].(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Katharina Meng (2001) Tubingen: Narr (Studien zur deutschen Sprache, Band 21) ISBN 3-8233-5151-6 (pbk); pp.549 Katharina Meng's book reports on a study of Aussiedler (resettlers), that is, ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe and the...

Language revitalization. Policy and planning in Wales.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Colin H. Williams (Ed.) (2000) Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-1667-0 (hbk); p. 388. The stated purpose of the book is "to describe, assess and criticize the various means by which official policies in a selected set...

Publications received.
June 1, 2003... HUSS, L., GRIMA, A. C., & KING, K. A. (Eds.). (2002). Transcending monolingualism: Linguistic revitalisation in education. Lisse, the Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger. MILROY, L., & GORDON, M. (2003). Sociolinguistics. Method and...