immigrant families, xix, 6

input, xv, xxi–1, 3–6, 8, 12, 15–22, 26, 29, 31–32, 36, 40, 47, 57–59, 73, 81, 84, 101, 115, 122, 125, 130–132, 148, 151, 157, 163–164, 174, 191

context-bound bilingual input, 8

implicit overheard input/overhead speech, 8

peer input, 8, 22, 227, 192, 194, 205, 221, 223, 227–228, 234–235, 239, 241–242, 249

sibling input, 20, 22

interaction, xxi, 3, 6, 9, 16–17, 19, 25–28, 44, 47, 70, 128, 152, 155, 158, 236, 239, 241

interdependence, 5, 45, 128, 194

interference, 5–6, 32, 41, 128, 234–235, 239

James (the bilingual child), xxv, 4, 7, 17, 22, 51, 55–58, 62–64, 67

kinship nouns, 87–88, 93, 104, 106, 108, 130, 133–136, 142–144, 146, 148–149, 192, 238

language

contact, xxi, 25, 30, 44, 217

environment, xxi, 8, 242

processing strategies or acquisition strategies, xxi, 3, 8, 33, 38, 47, 86, 132, 235, 239, 242

lexical development, 3, 27–28, 35–36, 38, 50, 148

longitudinal study, xx, 8, 50, 52, 167, 169

Mandarin Chinese, xviii–xix, 66, 70, 85, 172, 174, 187, 212, 276

mixed utterances, 8, 19, 40, 43, 64, 70–71, 79, 173

MLU, 30, 42, 64, 67–74, 89, 101–102, 149, 183, 187

monolingual, 2–3, 7–9, 12, 15, 17, 19–21, 25, 28–30, 33–35, 37–38, 41–43, 45–46, 50, 119–120, 157

acquisition, 3, 17, 29–30, 45–46, 50, 148, 173, 241

naturalistic data, 54, 166, 172–173

nominal, 1, 8, 16, 21, 35, 51–52, 56–57, 67, 87–89, 92, 103–108, 120, 122, 127, 129–141, 143–151, 153, 155–158, 160–162, 166–169, 171–176, 178, 181–184, 186–187, 189–190, 192, 194–198, 200–205, 207, 211–212, 217, 219, 222, 224–228, 235–236, 238–239

noun phrase, xx

one language, one environment, 6, 8, 13, 128

one parent/person, one language, xv, xxi, 6, 13, 17–19, 31, 43–44, 46, 128, 232

person identification and pronominal acquisition, 3, 52

personal pronouns, xx–xxi, 6–9, 21, 29, 150, 155–160, 163, 166, 191–192, 196, 225–227

phonology, 3, 31, 50

pragmatic, 3, 7, 9, 23, 27, 35–36, 38, 42, 103, 129–131, 148, 155–156, 161, 165, 186–187, 191, 194–195, 204, 209, 217, 227, 241

input, 1, 130, 192