In the first decade of life, children become bilingual in different language learning environments. Many children start learning two languages from birth (Bilin

Children acquiring two languages, either simultaneously or sequentially, have more variation in their linguistic input than their monolingual peers. Understandi

This book contains reports of research on bilingualism in infants and children as well as perspectives from those involved in cross-linguistic research on langu

This encyclopedia is divided into three sections: individual bilingualism; bilingualism in society and bilingual education. It includes many pictures, graphs, m

A major part of this book is devoted to the presentation of a series of proposals for collaborative research with investigators working in East Asia on cross-wr