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Publication details [#56721]

Chevalier, Sarah. 2012. Active trilingualism in early childhood: the motivating role of caregivers in interaction. The International Journal of Multilingualism 9 (4) : 437–454.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

dyadic interaction | language use | mother-child conversation | motivation | multilingualism

Language as a subject

English | French | German, Swiss

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study argues that motivation, mainly cultivated by caregivers in dyadic interactions, plays a key role in accounting for the distinct degrees of active trilingualism in two young children residing in Switzerland, who have been exposed to English, French and Swiss German from infancy.