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A Portrait of the Young in the New Multilingual Spain (Child Language & Child Development)
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Product Description
This book examines the main issues in bilingual and multilingual language acquisition through children and youngsters growing up in today's multicultural Spain, where four official languages and other new languages are used. The studies cover phonetics, grammar and pragmatics, code mixing, parental strategies, bilingual twins, SLI bilingualism, literacy and stay abroad effects, both in natural and formal instruction contexts.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1547331 in Books
- Published on: 2007-11-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 280 pages
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About the Author
Carmen Perez Vidal received her MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading, UK, and her PhD in English linguistics from the University of Barcelona (Spain). She is Associate Professor in English Linguistics and Language Acquisition at Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, Spain). Maria Juan-Garau is Associate Professor in English and Vicedean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts at the Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain). Aurora Bel is Associate Professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain). She currently teaches Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics.
