First Published in 1999. Code switching is widely used in bilingual communities worldwide,
and has been found in government documents, literature, religious works, and song …

Processability Theory (PT) as developed by Manfred Pienemann is a prominent theory of
second language acquisition. PT serves as a framework for a wide range of research …

The present volume is the sixth in the series 'Trends in Language Acquisition
Research'(TiLAR). As an official publication of the International Association for the Study of …

Trends in Bilingual Acquisition Page 1 JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY Trends
in Bilingual Acquisition Edited by Jasone Cenoz and Fred Genesee IASCL TRENDS IN …

A major current issue in early bilingual development is whether the two languages develop
in a separate manner (Separate Development Hypothesis), or whether the two language …

This is the first Japanese-English Bilingual First Language Acquisition (BFLA) longitudinal
study carried out within the framework of Processability Theory (PT)(Pienemann, 1998a) …

The term language socialization is used to reflect the underlying assumption that the
development of language in young children depends on the language are involved. In other …

The study of childhood bilingualism has made rapid advances in recent years. This progress
is being driven by work in three major traditions, each of which is reflected in this volume …

This thesis investigates how a Cantonese-English bilingual child acquires w"-questions in
the two languages. The two fundamental issues addressed are:(1) whether two grammars …

Two language systems in a bilingual's mind interact in grammatical structures that involve a
syntax-discourse/pragmatics interface and a partial overlap at a superficial level (Hulk & …