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Caregiver responses to the language mixing of a young trilingual
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The situation once described by Hoffmann (1985), in which children grow up exposed to three languages from an early age, is a reality for an increasing number of families. In Europe - as elsewhere - greater mobility is leading to greater numbers of mixed-language couples (Piller 2002), and, by extension, multilingual families. For such families, questions concerning the acquisition and maintenance of three or more languages in a natural environment are of direct relevance. Researchers in bilingualism have already pointed out the importance of social context for the acquisition of two languages in childhood, focusing in particular on the quantity and quality of exposure to the languages (De Houwer 1990; Döpke 1992; Okita 2002; Lanza 2004) or the prestige of the languages (Lambert 1977). In this paper, I will make use of the insights gained by such researchers and test them in a trilingual setting. The paper will focus mainly on one aspect, namely the conversational style of parents and caretakers. The data come from research being carried out in Switzerland and consist of 33 interviews with multilingual families, as well as case studies of two trilingual children. The findings attest to the importance of conversational style, but at the same time indicate that a number of further factors are also of great significance
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URL: http://doc.rero.ch/record/304849/files/multi-2013-0001.pdf
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Introduction
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In: Chevalier, Sarah; Gardner, Anne-Christine; Honkapohja, Alpo; Hundt, Marianne; Schneider, Gerold; Timofeeva, Olga (2016). Introduction. In: Timofeeva, Olga; Gardner, Anne-Christine; Honkapohja, Alpo; Chevalier, Sarah. New Approaches in English Linguistics : Building Bridges. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1-12. (2016)
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The value of English in multilingual families
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In: SPELL : Swiss papers in English language and literature ; 231527-0 ; 0940-0478 ; 33 ; 2016 ; 97 (2016)
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Attitudes of Students in Switzerland Towards Varieties of English.
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In: Chevalier, Sarah (2014). Attitudes of Students in Switzerland Towards Varieties of English. In: Langlotz, Andreas; Soltysik Monnet, Agnieszka. Emotion, Affect and Sentiment: The Language and Aesthetics of Feeling. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 197-213. (2014)
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Attitudes of students in Switzerland towards varieties of English
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In: SPELL : Swiss papers in English language and literature ; 231527-0 ; 0940-0478 ; 30 ; 2014 ; 197 (2014)
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Caregiver Responses to the Language Mixing of a Young Trilingual ...
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Caregiver responses to the language mixing of a young trilingual
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In: Chevalier, Sarah (2013). Caregiver responses to the language mixing of a young trilingual. Multilingua, 32(1):1-32. (2013)
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Mobile parents, multilingual children : children's production of their paternal language in trilingual families ...
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Active trilingualism in early childhood: The motivating role of caregivers in interaction
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In: Chevalier, Sarah (2012). Active trilingualism in early childhood: The motivating role of caregivers in interaction. International Journal of Multilingualism, 9(4):437-454. (2012)
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Mobile parents, multilingual children : children's production of their paternal language in trilingual families
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In: SPELL : Swiss papers in English language and literature ; 231527-0 ; 0940-0478 ; 27 ; 2012 ; 99 (2012)
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Trilingual Language Acquisition: Contextual Factors Affecting Active Trilingualism ...
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Trilingual Language Acquisition: Contextual Factors Affecting Active Trilingualism
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In: Chevalier, Sarah. Trilingual Language Acquisition: Contextual Factors Affecting Active Trilingualism. 2011, University of Zurich, Faculty of Arts. (2011)
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Contextual aspects of early trilingualism
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In: Chevalier, Sarah (2008). Contextual aspects of early trilingualism. In: Nikolaev, Alexandre; Niemi, Jussi. Two or More Languages: Proceedings from the 9th Nordic Conference on Bilingualism. August 10–11, 2006. Joensuu: University of Joensuu, 37-46. (2008)
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