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The Weaker Language in Early Child Bilingualism: Acquiring a First Language as a Second Language?
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Meisel, Jurgen M. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2007
Past research demonstrates that first language (L1)-like competence in each language can be attained in simultaneous acquisition of bilingualism by mere exposure to the target languages. The question is whether this is also true for the "weaker" language (WL). The WL hypothesis claims that the WL differs fundamentally from monolingual L1 and…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Monolingualism