Introduction to Bilingualism

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Drawing together linguists' and psychologists' approaches to the study of bilingualism this innovative and engaging volume provides students with a firm grounding in bilingual acquisition and development. It begins with a discussion of sequential and simultaneous bilinguals illustrated by a wealth of case studies and examples and the key theories surrounding bilingual development. The book subsequently explores topics such as bilingual speech perception sound lexical and morpho-syntactic development cognitive processing and metalinguistic awareness.</span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Introduction to Bilingualism</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> is an essential companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students of applied linguistics psycholinguistics speech and language therapy and language education.></span></p>