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dc.contributor.author | Camilleri Grima, Antoinette | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-13T13:36:18Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-13T13:36:18Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Camilleri Grima, A. (2016). Young children living bilingually in Malta. Lingwistyka Stosowana, 17(2), 1-13. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/86924 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Malta presents a unique and interesting sociolinguistic scenario of widespread bilingualism in Maltese and English. Over 95% of the population are ethnic Maltese, learn and use Maltese in their everyday life as a first language, in parallel co-existence with English. In fact, over 85% of Maltese people are also fluent in English. This chapter takes a look at the bilingualism of Maltese children aged four to seven, and describes the ways in which the children interact bilingually in the home, at kindergarden and in public play areas across the two Maltese islands. All the studies reported here were conducted independently of each other in the last few years and theyhave produced remarkably similar results. Ineach instance a balanced use of each language was observed, such that it can be safely concluded that young Maltese children are already functioning bilingually by age 4-5. This is very similar to the situation found in primary and secondary schools, and in Maltese society in general. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Instytut Kulturologii i Lingwistyki Antropocentrycznej | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Bilingualism in children -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Bilingualism -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Code switching (Linguistics) | en_GB |
dc.subject | Education, Preschool -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | Young children living bilingually in Malta | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09658416.2020.1782416 | - |
dc.publication.title | Lingwistyka Stosowana | en_GB |
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