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Direct linkPoeste, Meike; Müller, Natascha; Arnaus Gil, Laia – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2019
Acquisitionists generally assume a relation between code-mixing in young bilingual and trilingual children and language dominance. In our cross-sectional study we investigated the possible relation between code-mixing and language dominance in 122 children raised in Spain or Germany. They were bilingual, trilingual or multilingual, the latter…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
Quay, Suzanne – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2011
In two case studies of trilingual development in the home, it was not the home languages that were the strongest but the language of the respective daycare centres. This paper investigates, first, how well the trilingual children could separate their daycare language from their home languages. Then it explores the kinds of communicative…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Multilingualism, Caregiver Role, Child Care Centers
Kazzazi, Kerstin – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2011
This paper deals with cross-linguistic influence (CLI) in early trilingualism involving the languages German, English and Farsi. The data come from the case study of the author's two children growing up in a trilingual family within a monolingual German-speaking environment. Specific types of CLI from the non-dominant language Farsi on German and…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Linguistics, Multilingualism, Monolingualism
Peer reviewedLoos, Eugene – Language Problems & Language Planning, 2000
Refers to Bourdieu's publication "Language and Symbolic Power," to explain the unwillingness of member states of the European Union to grant another language (other than English, French, and to a lesser degree German) recognition: an official language can be considered as linguistic capital that affords holders symbolic power.…
Descriptors: English, French, German, Language Dominance
Peer reviewedHoffmann, Charlotte – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1985
Describes the language development of two children, now aged 5 and 8, who acquired two languages--Spanish and German--simultaneously from birth and a third--English--when very young. Focuses on the following factors: patterns of interference, code switching, language dominance, the role of parents, the social environment, and the child's…
Descriptors: Child Language, Code Switching (Language), English, German
Saunders, George – 1982
Concerns that parents might have about raising their children bilingually are addressed, and a case study of an Australian family pursuing this course over an 8-year period is presented. In addition, relevant research into bilingualism is cited. Bilingualism means having command of two languages, and bilinguals can range from the rare equilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Child Language
