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Linguistic Diversity in First Language Acquisition Research: Moving beyond the Challenges
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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