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Kelly, Barbara F.; Forshaw, William; Nordlinger, Rachel; Wigglesworth, Gillian – First Language, 2015
The field of first language acquisition (FLA) needs to take into account data from the broadest typological array of languages and language-learning environments if it is to identify potential universals in child language development, and how these interact with socio-cultural mechanisms of acquisition. Yet undertaking FLA research in remote…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Contrastive Linguistics
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O'Shannessy, Carmel – First Language, 2015
An area in need of study in child language acquisition is that of complex multilingual contexts in which there is little language separation by interlocutor or domain. Little is known about how multilingual children use language to construct their identities in each language or in both languages. Identity construction in monolingual contexts has…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Multilingualism, Phonology, Children