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Early critical thinking in a Mandarin-speaking child : an exploratory case study
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Cross-linguistic influence of L2 on L1 in late Chinese-English bilinguals : the case of subject realisation
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The influence of the environmental language (Lε) in Mandarin-English bilingual development : the case of transfer in wh- questions
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Aims and Objectives/Purpose/Research Questions: This study investigates the significance of the linguistic environment’s role in accounting for the nature of wh- in situ transfer. Previous research shows structural transfer from wh- in situ languages towards non-wh- in situ languages in bilingual children, usually affecting the weaker language. Explanations variously argue in terms of dominance of the child’s language and/or structural overlap and complexity, but transfer is said to be blocked if the languages are not isomorphic. However, these explanations fail to account for cases where all the above conditions are met but transfer does not materialise. We propose to re-examine the issues focusing on wh- in situ transfer in a Mandarin-English bilingual child. Our research questions centre around whether structural conditions and the child’s dominant language sufficiently account for transfer or lack thereof and whether the (neglected) role of the environmental language is significant. Design/Methodology: From wh- in situ research we identify 10 separate configurations differing with respect to some variable(s) and examine longitudinal data from a Mandarin-English bilingual child (age 1;7–4;6) growing up in a context-bound one language–one environment situation. Data/Analysis: The data consists of 83 audio-recordings and diary entries of naturalistic productions collected over three years. The distribution of wh- questions in context in each language was analysed in all transcriptions. Findings/Conclusions: No evidence was found of wh- in situ transfer, despite the child’s Mandarin dominance and the English-Mandarin isomorphism. The environmental language (Lε) cannot be underestimated. Originality: New evidence on wh- question development in a constellation not previously considered becomes critical when compared to earlier studies and identifies a significant, and hitherto neglected, role for the environmental language in understanding the nature of transfer. Significance/Implications: The findings suggest that approaches considering internal factors (structural overlap, complexity, isomorphism), or the child’s language dominance, do not exhaustively cover the conditions that predict whether or not transfer occurs.
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bilingualism in children; English language; Mandarin dialects; XXXXXX - Unknown
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URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/1367006919876716 http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:53164
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Shaping EFL teachers' critical intercultural awareness through intercultural education
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“个” 在英汉双语儿童中的泛化: 语言输人的影响 ; (Bilingual children's overgeneralisation of the classifier ge in Chinese : what is the role of caretakers' input?)
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双语人的优势: 父母子女终身受益 ; (The advantages of being bilingual: the lifelong benefits to parents and children)
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Qi, Ruying (R10565). - : China, The Commercial Press, 2017
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Bilingual development by children of immigrant families : what parents and teachers should know?
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Input and acquisition of Mandarin classifiers by English-Mandarin bilingual children
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Interaction between phonological and lexical development of Putonghua-speaking children
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《双语儿童:早期发展及语言接触》述评 ; (Translation of “The Bilingual Child” : Theory and Practice)
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Qi, Ruying (R10565). - : China, Beijing World Publishing Corporation, 2014
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Preliminary report : an acoustic phonetic analysis of word-initial stop production by young simultaneous Mandarin-English bilingual children
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Preliminary report : an acoustic phonetic analysis of word-initial stop production by young simultaneous Mandarin-English bilingual children
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澳大利亚大学中文教学中语言评估的设制 : 3D模式 ; (Designing an assessment for Chinese language teaching in Australian universities : a 3D approach)
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The Bilingual Acquisition of English and Mandarin: Chinese Children in Australia
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Qi, Ruying (R10565). - : U.S., Cambria Press, 2011
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