edited by Matti Miestamo, Kaius Sinnemäki, Fred Karlsson.
Fredric W. Field ; foreword by Bernard Comrie.
How does a child become bilingual? The answer to this intriguing question remains largely a mystery, not least because it has been far less extensively researched than the process of mastering a single first language. Drawing on new studies of children exposed to two languages from birth (English and Cantonese), this book demonstrates how childhood bilingualism develops naturally in respon…