TY - BOOK ID - 78436749 TI - An Introduction to Bilingual Development PY - 2009 SN - 1847691706 9781847691705 9781847696304 1847696309 9781847691699 1847691692 9781847691682 1847691684 PB - Bristol Blue Ridge Summit DB - UniCat KW - Bilingualism in children. KW - Language acquisition. KW - Acquisition of language KW - Developmental linguistics KW - Developmental psycholinguistics KW - Language and languages KW - Language development in children KW - Psycholinguistics, Developmental KW - Interpersonal communication in children KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Children KW - Acquisition UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78436749 AB - Increasingly, children grow up hearing two languages from birth. This introductory textbook shows how children learn to understand and speak those languages against the backdrop of their language learning environments. A narrative around the bilingual development of four young children with different language profiles helps to explain the latest research findings in a lively and accessible manner. The narrative describes how bilingually raised children learn to understand and use sounds, words and sentences in two languages, and how they are able to use each of their languages in socially appropriate ways. Positive attitudes towards bilingual development from the people in bilingual children's environments and their recognition that child bilingualism is not monolingualism-times-two are the main ingredients ensuring that children grow up to be happy and expert speakers of two languages. ER -