Language acquisition and communicative choice : Essays / By Susan M. Ervin-Tripp; Selected and introd. by Anwar S. Dil.

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Identification and bilingualism-Second language learning and bilingualism-Learning and recall in bilinguals-Semantic shift in bilingualism-Language and TAT content in bilinguals-An Issei learns English-On becoming a bilingual-Structure and process in language acquisition-The development of meaning in children's descriptive terms-Changes with age in the verbal determinants of word-association-The connotations of gender-Navaho word-associations-Imitation and structural change in children's language-Some strategies for the first two years-An analysis of the interaction of language, topic, and listener-Children's sociolinguistic competence and dialect diversity-The structure of communicative choice-Bibliography of Susan M. Ervin-Tripp's works (p. [377]-383)