Mandarin Development of Indonesian Immigrants" Children: A Longitudinal Study in Taiwan

Mandarin Development of Indonesian Immigrants’ Children: A Longitudinal Study in Taiwan
Springer | Linguistics | June 15, 2016 | ISBN-10: 9811010331 | 154 pages | pdf | 1.83 mb

Authors: Kuo, Jenny Yi-Chun

Analyzes Mandarin phonological, lexical and syntactic development in the children of Indonesian mothers
Compares Mandarin development in children of Indonesian, Taiwanese and Vietnamese mothers
Provides an explanation for the mixed results of research on language development in children of immigrants

This book summarizes the results a three-year longitudinal project on Mandarin development among children of Indonesian mothers, the second largest non-Mandarin speaking immigrant group in Taiwan. These children were acquiring their first language while interacting primarily with a non-native learner of the language. The book discusses phonological, lexical and syntactic development to provide a better understanding of the language development of the children of immigrants and has important implications for language education policy and language acquisition theories.

Number of Illustrations and Tables

2 b/w illustrations

Topics

Chinese

Applied Linguistics

Language Education

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