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Mandarin Development of Indonesian Immigrants’ Children A Longitudinal Study in Taiwan

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 learne...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kuo, Jenny Yi-chun
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Subjects:
Asian Languages
Applied Linguistics
Language Education
Asia / Languages
Language And Languages / Study And Teaching
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:XIX, 154 p. 2 illus online resource
ISBN:9789811010354

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