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Language in the mind: An introduction to Guillaume's theory (review)

monolingual development, bilingual development is more diverse “given the variables related to two different languages and the bilingual environment” (p. 262). There is no doubt that this research provides new insight into understanding the diversity and variation in childhood bilingualism. By no means does this research answer all questions on bilingual development. Yet, there is much value in its findings and the insight it provides on the growing body of research in the field. In the future, the new English-Cantonese case studies presented in this book may be used for comparison with children learning another language pairs. This could be especially valuable as the use of English increases globally and the number of bilingual children rises. The research conducted and reported by Yip and Matthews may be of particular interest to curriculum designers and education or language administrators. Furthermore, it provides new insight for researchers in the field of bilingualism. In this volume, Yip and Matthews’ report on their extensive investigation into the language experiences of Cantonese-English bilingual children’s development, The findings they present and discuss in this work is a beneficial addition to this field of inquiry.