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Bilingual siblings : language use in families /

How do bilingual brothers and sisters talk to each other? Sibling language use is an uncharted area in studies of bilingualism. From a perspective of independent researcher and parent of three bilingual children Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert discusses the issues of a growing bilingual or multilingual fami...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barron-Hauwaert, Suzanne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, 2010.
Colección:Parents' and teachers' guides ; 12.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 What Do We Know about Bilingual Families?; Chapter 2 The Growing and Evolving Family; Chapter 3 The Sibling Relationship; Chapter 4 Age Difference, Family Size and Language Orders; Chapter 5 Gender and Language; Chapter 6 Birth Order: A Child's Position in the Family; Chapter 7 Individual Differences: Same Languages, Different Language Histories; Chapter 8 Bilingualism and Twins, Adoption, Single Parents and Step-Families; Chapter 9 Five Themes on Family Language Patterns; Family Profiles; Appendix 1 Summary of Strategies.