Korean-English Bilingualism in Early Childhood - A Longitudinal Investigation of Development

This overview of the linguistic development of Korean-English bilingual children in the US focuses on morphology and syntax acquisition in early childhood, a time when language dominance is shifting rapidly. It expands our understanding of heritage language acquisition and furthers bilingualism research on typologically distinct language pairings.

About the author

Sunny K. Park-Johnson is Associate Professor in the College of Education and Director of the Bilingual Language Development Lab at DePaul University, USA. Her research investigates aspects of Korean-English bilingualism and Korean as a heritage language, including morphology, syntax and code-switching.

Summary

This overview of the linguistic development of Korean-English bilingual children in the US focuses on morphology and syntax acquisition in early childhood, a time when language dominance is shifting rapidly. It expands our understanding of heritage language acquisition and furthers bilingualism research on typologically distinct language pairings.

Product details

• Authors: Sunny K. Park-Johnson
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.03.2024
• EAN: 9781800412897
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-289-7
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 430 g
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingua; Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Korean, Language acquisition, Bilingualism & multilingualism, East & Southeast Asian languages, Bilingualism and multilingualism