Mandarin Development of Indonesian Immigrants' Children
Jenny Yi-Chun Kuo
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Hardback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Education. Num Pages: 173 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Education
Number of Pages
154
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811010330
SKU
V9789811010330
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About Jenny Yi-Chun Kuo
Jenny Yichun Kuo is faculty member in the Department of Foreign Languages at the National Chiayi University. She received a PhD in linguistics from the University of Minnesota in 2003. Her research interests include first and second language acquisition, language and cognition. She has been undertaking research on the children of immigrants in Taiwan for 12 years. Below are two ... Read more
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