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Three is a Crowd? : Acquiring Portuguese in a Trilingual Environment / Madalena Cruz-Ferreira.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Child Language and Child DevelopmentPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781853598388
  • 9781853598395
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P115.2 .C78 2006
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Preview -- Part 1: Becoming Multilingual -- 2. Issues in Bilingualism and Bilingual Acquisition -- 3. The Children -- 4. Data Collection and Analytical Choices -- 5. Speaking Languages, and Talking about Them -- Part 2: Making Sense of Portuguese -- 6. Shaping Sound -- 7. Probing for Constituency -- 8. Probing for Meaning -- Part 3: Acquiring a Third Language -- 9. A New Language: Intruder or Guest? -- 10. Language Input and Language Management in a Multilingual Environment -- 11. Balancing Culture and Identity -- 12. Overview -- References -- Index
Summary: The book describes three siblings' apportioning of linguistic and cultural space among three languages: Portuguese, Swedish and English. Parallel strategies accounting for monolingual and multilingual language management shape a truly illuminating picture of child linguistic competence. Written by a multilingual parent, educator and linguist, this book is for parents, educators and linguists in our predominantly, increasingly multilingual world.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Preview -- Part 1: Becoming Multilingual -- 2. Issues in Bilingualism and Bilingual Acquisition -- 3. The Children -- 4. Data Collection and Analytical Choices -- 5. Speaking Languages, and Talking about Them -- Part 2: Making Sense of Portuguese -- 6. Shaping Sound -- 7. Probing for Constituency -- 8. Probing for Meaning -- Part 3: Acquiring a Third Language -- 9. A New Language: Intruder or Guest? -- 10. Language Input and Language Management in a Multilingual Environment -- 11. Balancing Culture and Identity -- 12. Overview -- References -- Index

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The book describes three siblings' apportioning of linguistic and cultural space among three languages: Portuguese, Swedish and English. Parallel strategies accounting for monolingual and multilingual language management shape a truly illuminating picture of child linguistic competence. Written by a multilingual parent, educator and linguist, this book is for parents, educators and linguists in our predominantly, increasingly multilingual world.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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