The bilingual child : early development and language contact / Virginia Yip, Stephen Matthews.

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

xxiii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Methodology -- Wh-interrogatives: to move or not to move? -- Null objects: dual input and learnability -- Relative clauses: transfer and universals -- Vulnerable domains in Cantonese and the directionality of transfer -- Bilingual development and contact-induced grammaticalization -- Conclusions and implications.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-286) and index.

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