Mandarin Development of Indonesian Immigrants’ Children
A Longitudinal Study in Taiwan
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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Analyzes Mandarin phonological, lexical and syntactic development in the children of Indonesian mothers Compares Mandarin development in children of Indonesian, Taiwanese and Vietnamese mothers Provides an explanation for the mixed results of research on language development in children of immigrants Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Jenny Yi-chun Kuo
Themen in »Mandarin Development of Indonesian Immigrants’ Children«
Immigrant Language development Language development Lexical development Mandarin acquisition Phonological development Syntactic development chinese