alternation, 169, 219

audio recordings, 59, 63, 64, 70

bilingual

acquisition, iv, viii, xii, xiv, xvi, xvii–xx, xxii, xxiv, xxvi–xxvii, 2–4, 6, 8, 11–12, 14, 16–18, 20–24, 26

children, xix, 2–5, 8, 11–12, 15–22, 24, 28–43, 45–47, 49–50, 121, 131, 150, 157, 172, 235

context, 1–2, 6, 9, 152, 155

development, xviii–xix, xxii, 5, 15, 18, 25, 33, 38–40, 50, 191, 196

families, xix, xxi–xxii, 12, 34

first language acquisition/BFLA, 4, 5, 11

unbalanced, 8, 31

bilingualism, xvi–xix, xxiii–xxiv, 2, 12, 14, 17–18, 21, 23–25, 28, 38, 51, 55–56, 59, 243

bottom-up, analytic, 34–35, 124, 150–151, 235

case study, 4, 6, 9, 15, 50–53, 169, 203, 228, 232

CHILDES, 138, 141, 218–219, 221

clause types, 98–99, 101–102, 118

communication skills, 3

communicative competence, 3, 4, 38

context, xv, xx, 1–3, 5–9, 16–17, 22–28, 36–38, 40, 46–47, 51, 53, 56–59, 62–67, 69, 71, 73, 77–79

context (continued)

, 84–85, 120–121, 128, 130–132, 155–160, 162, 165, 167, 174, 178–179, 182–184, 187, 190, 192–194, 196–198, 201, 204, 206–208, 210, 215–216, 218–219, 222, 224, 226–227, 231–232, 234–235, 237–239, 241–243

context-bound language, xxi, 6, 8, 8, 16–17, 27, 36, 59, 128, 148, 152, 187, 222, 232, 243

data collection, 59–62, 75

deictic terms, 6–7, 158, 160, 163–165, 167

diary records, 50, 59, 64, 110

dominance, 3, 26, 28–31, 35, 86, 120, 147–148

dominant language. Seeweaker language

early childhood bilingualism, 12, 243

early word learning, xx, 1, 6, 16, 127, 132

form and function mapping, xxi, 3–4, 128, 131, 143, 152, 157, 178, 180–181, 187, 190, 194, 197–198, 204, 206–207, 212, 214, 222, 242

fusion system hypothesis. Seeunitary language system hypothesis

home language, xv, 13, 55, 62

identity, xx