Determinants of Language Choice in Bilingual Children: The Role of Input  

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Kasuya, Hiroko

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Bilingualism (Full Text) vol. 2 no. 3 (Nov. 1998), page 327-346.
Topik: English/Japanese; parental discourse strategies
Fulltext: 327-346.pdf (1.18MB)

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Each bilingual family will have its o\vn particular circumstances \vhich ndl determine who speaks which language to whom, and when. Some children growing up in such a family from birth will use two languages actively while others will limit themselves to one (Arnberg, 1987; Clyne, 1982; De Houwer, 1995). It is poorly understood how the type of input, and particularly parental discourse strategies, or the amount of input, are related to children’s language choice. This study examines what degree of parents’ consistency in their language choice promotes their children’s active bilingualism and what kinds of discourse strategies Japanese-speaking parents provide when children use English (the societal language). These issues are investigated through longitudinal analyses of four English/Japanese bilingual children’s dyadic interactions with their Japanese-speaking parents.

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