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This book gives an overview of the linguistic development of Korean-English bilingual children living in the US. It provides a detailed longitudinal account of English and Koreanacquisition in early childhood, offering a close examination of Korean-American children's code-switching andmorphology and syntax developmentduring a time when their language dominance is shifting rapidly. The book sheds light on the broad and creative linguistic capabilities of bilingual children, expands our understanding of heritage language acquisition and furthers bilingualism research on typologically distinct language pairings. Researchers investigating heritage language development in early childhoodwill find the extensivelongitudinaldata a rich source of comparison and the book will be a useful resource for scholars and graduate students interested in sequential bilingualism, second language acquisition and heritage speakers.

KoreanEnglish Bilingualism in Early Childhood

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      Publisher: Multilingual Matters
      Publication Date: 1/12/2024
      ISBN13: 9781800410374, 978-1800410374
      ISBN10: 1800410379

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      Book Synopsis

      This book gives an overview of the linguistic development of Korean-English bilingual children living in the US. It provides a detailed longitudinal account of English and Koreanacquisition in early childhood, offering a close examination of Korean-American children's code-switching andmorphology and syntax developmentduring a time when their language dominance is shifting rapidly. The book sheds light on the broad and creative linguistic capabilities of bilingual children, expands our understanding of heritage language acquisition and furthers bilingualism research on typologically distinct language pairings. Researchers investigating heritage language development in early childhoodwill find the extensivelongitudinaldata a rich source of comparison and the book will be a useful resource for scholars and graduate students interested in sequential bilingualism, second language acquisition and heritage speakers.

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