時間：106年5月1日(一) 上午 10時​10分 至 12時00分

講題：Simultaneous language acquisition and object realization in English and Cantonese

講者：Virginia Yip1,2 and Stephen Matthews1,3

1Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre

2Chinese University of Hong Kong

3University of Hong Kong                  

How do children simultaneously exposed to English and Cantonese from birth develop bilingual competence in both languages in the first few years of life? Using corpus and experimental data from Cantonese–English bilingual children, we show cross-linguistic influence in the object realization in their target languages. Video clips will be shown to illustrate the non-target forms produced by the children. We discuss the factors shaping bilingual developing including language dominance and properties of dual input.