The Acquisition of Morphology by a Bilingual Child: A Whole-Word Approach.

Vihman, Marilyn May

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Publication Date: 1982-Jun

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The Acquisition of Morphology by a Bilingual Child: A Whole-Word Approach.

Vihman, Marilyn May

Applied Psycholinguistics, v3 n2 p141-60 Jun 1982

Analyzes the language acquisition of a bilingual (Estonian/English) child. Discusses his preference for acquiring whole words as opposed to inflections and offers several possible reasons for this particular learning strategy. (EKN)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Cognitive Style, English, Estonian, Interference (Language), Interlanguage, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Processing, Language Research, Morphology (Languages), Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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