Description
This textbook explains how children learn to understand and speak two languages from birth. It brings together both established knowledge and the latest findings about different areas of bilingual language development in a perspective that emphasizes the role of children's language learning environments.
Author: Annick de Houwer
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Published: 02/17/2009
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 6.90h x 9.60w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781847691484
ISBN10: 184769148X
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Bilingual Education
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics | Psycholinguistics | General
About the Author
Annick De Houwer has recently been appointed as Chair of Language Acquisition and Teaching at the University of Erfurt in Germany. She is also the new Director of the Language Center there. In addition, Professor De Houwer holds the title of Collaborative Investigator to the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.A.). Her PhD was based on a dissertation on bilingual acquisition, a topic she has since continued to work on steadily. Her book The Acquisition of Two Languages from Birth (CUP, 1990) is widely cited in the bilingual acquisition literature. Dr. De Houwer has also published on Dutch child language, attitudes towards child language, teen language, and intralingual subtitling. She has extensive editorial experience.