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Peer reviewedLight, Timothy – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1977
The subject of this article is a Cantonese-speaking infant who arrived in the U.S. at 16 months. At 19 months, three striking anomalies marked her Cantonese speech. These anomalies are discussed; it is proposed that their origin may have been her new English-speaking environment. (CHK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cantonese, Child Development, Child Language
