Mandarin Development of Indonesian Immigrants’ Children : A Longitudinal Study in Taiwan

This book summarizes the results a three-year longitudinal project on Mandarin development among children of Indonesian mothers, the second largest non-Mandarin speaking immigrant group in Taiwan. These children were acquiring their first language while interacting primarily with a non-native learner of the language. The book discusses phonological, lexical and syntactic development to provide a better understanding of the language development of the children of immigrants and has important implications for language education policy and language acquisition theories.

• | Author: Jenny Yi-chun Kuo
• | Publisher: Springer
• | Publication Date: May 24, 2016
• | Number of Pages: NA pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 9811010331
• | ISBN-13: 9789811010330