TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hakuta, Kenji
TI  - Mirror of Language: The Debate on Bilingualism 
SN  - 0465046371 (pbk)
PY  - 1986///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Language acquisition
KW  - Bilingualism
KW  - Linguistics
N1  - Includes bibliography (p. 243-255.) and index; "A leading Yale psychologist separates myth from fact in the first comprehensive account of the psychological, linguistic, educational, and social aspects of bilingualism." (Book cover); Preface; 1. Introduction -- An Ecology of Bilingualism -- An Overview of the Book
; 2. Bilingualism and Intelligence -- The "Old" and "New" American Immigrants -- Bilingualism and the Nature-Nurture Issue -- The Hereditarians of the Language Handicap -- The Experiential View of Bilingualism -- A Positive View of Bilingualism -- Some Methodological Problems -- Reconciling Differences
; 3. Childhood Bilingualism -- Werner Leopold, Linguist -- Leopold's Legacy -- Madorah Smith, Psychologist -- More Recent Studies -- The Challenge to the Empiricism of Werner Leopold and Madorah Smith
; 4. The Bilingual World -- Language and Thought -- The Relationship Between Two Languages -- Can we Build a Typology of Bilinguals? -- Reflections on the Bilingual Mind
; 5. How Children Learn a Second Language -- A Japanese Child Learns English -- The Research: A Changing Focus -- The Influence of the Native Language -- The Role of "Prefabricated" Language -- Are First and Second Languages Acquired in the Same Way? -- Individual Differences Among Children
; 6. How Adults Learn a Second Language -- A Man Named Alberto -- Do Children and Adults Acquire a Second Language in the Same Way? -- Quantitative Differences Between Children and Adults -- Factors Determining Individual Variation -- Toward Integration
; 7. Bilingualism in Society -- Bilingualism in the United States -- Some Other Bilingual Communities -- The Micro and Macro Levels of Sociolinguistics -- An Integrative Approach
; 8. Bilingual Education -- The Origins of Recent Bilingual Education -- The Federal Role in Bilingual Education -- The Impact of the Federal Initiatives -- A Scrapbook of Opinions -- The Policy Debate on Bilingual Education -- The Charges and their Rebuttals -- Bilingual Education in Perspective -- The Future of Bilingual Education
; 9. Reflections on Bilingualism -- The Mirror of Bilingualism
; References; Index
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