Talking with Strangers: A Study of Bilingual Children's Communicative Competence.

Genesee, Fred; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ537701

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Talking with Strangers: A Study of Bilingual Children's Communicative Competence.

Genesee, Fred; And Others

Applied Psycholinguistics, v17 n4 p427-42 Dec 1996

Examines the communicative competence of young children acquiring English and French simultaneously in the home by observing how they used their languages during separate play sessions with monolingual strangers and their bilingual parents. Findings reveal that all of the children made some accommodations linked to the monolingualism of the stranger. (21 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Caregiver Speech, Change Strategies, Chi Square, Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), English, French, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Monolingualism, Play, Preschool Children

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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