Language Dominance in Bilinguals

Herausgeber: Silva-Corvalán, Carmen; Treffers-Daller, Jeanine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With contributions from leading scholars of bilingualism, Language Dominance in Bilinguals is the first publication to survey different approaches to language dominance, along with suggested avenues for further research. It illustrates how a critical approach to the notion of language dominance, as well as its operationalisation and measurement, can provide new insights into this burgeoning area of research. Drawing on adult and child data from a variety of language pairs, the chapters discuss how language dominance is to be conceptualised and distinguished from such related constructs as language proficiency and language competence. This volume is the first of its kind to present an overview of different approaches to language dominance from across the theoretical spectrum, as well as suggested avenues for further research. Accessibly written, Language Dominance in Bilinguals is a valuable new addition to the field and essential reading for students and scholars working in bilingualism, speech therapy and education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9781107044494
• ISBN-10: 1107044499
• Artikelnr.: 43118428

Inhaltsangabe

1. Digging into dominance: a closer look at language dominance in
bilinguals Carmen Silva-Corvalán and Jeanine Treffers-Daller; 2. Dominance
and proficiency in early and late bilingualism Silvina Montrul; 3. Related
but different: the two concepts of language dominance and language
proficiency Anika Schmeißer, Malin Hager, Laia Arnaus Gil, Veronika Jansen,
Jasmin Geveler, Nadine Eichler, Marisa Patuto and Natascha Müller; 4. The
complementarity principle and its impact on processing, acquisition, and
dominance François Grosjean; 5. Dominance in bilingualism: foundations of
measurement, with insights from the study of handedness David Birdsong; 6.
Using lexical diversity measures to operationalize language dominance in
bilinguals Jeanine Treffers-Daller and Tomasz Korybski; 7. Balance patterns
in early bilingual acquisition: a longitudinal study of word comprehension
and production Annick De Houwer and Marc H. Bornstein; 8. Amount of
exposure as a proxy for dominance in bilingual language acquisition Sharon
Unsworth; 9. The role of the childhood environment for language dominance:
a study of adult simultaneous bilingual speakers of German and French Tanja
Kupisch and Joost van de Weijer; 10. Assessing the relationship between
input and strength of language development: a study on Italian-English
bilingual children Francesca La Morgia; 11. Measuring language dominance in
bilingual children: implications for cross-linguistic influence Elena
Nicoladis; 12. Language dominance: the construct, its measurement and
operationalization Jeanine Treffers-Daller; 13. Conclusion Jeanine
Treffers-Daller.