Clairetalk: A Cantonese-Speaking Child's Confrontation with Bilingualism.

Light, Timothy

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ERIC Number: EJ166059

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Publication Date: 1977

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Clairetalk: A Cantonese-Speaking Child's Confrontation with Bilingualism

Light, Timothy

Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 5, 2, 261-275, Jun 77

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, Chinese, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Intonation, Language Acquisition, Syntax

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