Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Methodology -- Wh-interrogatives: to move or not to move? -- Null objects: dual input and learnability -- Relative clauses: transfer and universals -- Vulnerable domains in Cantonese and the directionality of transfer -- Bilingual development and contact-induced grammaticalization -- Conclusions and implications
Summary
How does a child become bilingual? Drawing on new studies of children exposed to two languages from birth, this book demonstrates how childhood bilingualism develops naturally in response to the two languages in the children's environment
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-286) and index
