International Journal of Bilingualism articles from March 2010

International Journal of Bilingualism archives from March 2010

BAMFLA: issues, methods and directions.(Bilingual and Multilingual First Language Acquisition )(Report)
March 1, 2010... Abstract This introduction to the special issue of Bilingual and Multilingual First Language Acquisition (BAMFLA) of Chinese children outlines theoretical concerns and methodological issues, as well as future directions of this fast...

Developmental pathways for first language acquisition of Mandarin nominal expressions: comparing monolingual with simultaneous Mandarin-English bilingual children.
March 1, 2010... Abstract This comparative study explores the first language acquisition of Mandarin nominal expressions by monolingual and simultaneous Mandarin-English bilingual children, with the aim of contributing new data relevant to the autonomous vs....

Pronoun acquisition in a Mandarin-English bilingual child.
March 1, 2010... Abstract Studies on bilingual first language acquisition mainly concern the formal aspects of bilingual children's language development. In-depth studies on the development of the personal pronoun system have so far received little attention...

The Cantonese double object construction with bei2 'give' in bilingual children: the role of input.(Report)
March 1, 2010... Abstract This article examines the role of input in bilingual children's acquisition of the Cantonese double object construction with bei2 'give' from a usage-based perspective (Tomasello, 2003; Lieven & Tomasello, 2008). In this domain...

Crosslinguistic influence in two directions: the acquisition of dative constructions in Cantonese-English bilingual children.(Report)
March 1, 2010... Abstract Previous studies suggest that language dominance and input ambiguity are the two major determinants of crosslinguistic influence in bilingual language acquisition. This article reports a case of bi-directional crosslinguistic...

The phonological development of a trilingual child: facts and factors.(Case study)
March 1, 2010... Abstract This article investigates the early phonological development of a trilingual child who is acquiring Spanish, Mandarin and Taiwanese simultaneously. By examining the natural speech data recorded between the age of 1;3 and 2;0, the...

The acquisition of Chinese in bilingual and multilingual contexts.(Report)
March 1, 2010... Introduction As the field of bilingual acquisition has made significant advances in recent years, there has been a surge of interest in the acquisition of Chinese languages in bilingual and multilingual contexts. This article serves a dual...

Agnes Weiyun He & Xiao Yun (eds). Chinese as a heritage language: Fostering rooted world citizenry.(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Agnes Weiyun He & Xiao Yun (eds). Chinese as a heritage language: Fostering rooted world citizenry. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2008. 271 pp. ISBN-10: 0824832868; ISBN-13: 978-0824832865. In Chinese as a heritage language:...

Erratum.(Correction notice)
March 1, 2010... We sincerely apologise for the following errors that appeared in the International Journal of Bilingualism Volume 13, Issue 2, in Disentangling sources of incomplete acquisition: An explanation for competence divergence across heritage grammars,...