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In:Bilingual Cognition and Language: The state of the science across its subfields
Edited by David Miller, Fatih Bayram, Jason Rothman and Ludovica Serratrice
[Studies in Bilingualism 54] 2018
► pp. 183–202

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Chapter 9
CHILDES for bilingualism

 | Chinese University of Hong Kong
 | Chinese University of Hong Kong
 | University of Hong Kong
Published online: 8 March 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.54.09yip
Abstract
The CHILDES archive has revolutionized the study of bilingual development. We review the available corpora and their properties, some methods that have been used in creating and analyzing corpus data, and the kinds of analyses that it has made possible. These points are illustrated with corpus data from Cantonese-English and other corpora documenting bilingual development.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Corpora documenting bilingual development
    • 2.1Language pairs
    • 2.2Longitudinal corpora
    • 2.3Cross-sectional corpora
    • 2.4 Heritage language corpora
    • 2.5Monolingual corpora as controls
  • 3.Processing of corpora
    • 3.1 Linked corpora
    • Analysis using CLAN
    • 3.2Assessing language dominance
    • 3.3Investigating code-mixing
    • 3.4Input analyses
  • 4.Limitations of corpora
  • 5. Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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