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Law, Wai Ling – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In diglossic contexts, when speakers typically use two different languages on a regular basis, bilingual speakers display a wide array of attitudes towards each of their languages and associated cultures (Galindo, 1995) and such variability in attitudes can affect their linguistic behaviors (Lambert, Hodgson, Gardner & Fillenbaum, 1960).…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Phonetics, Dialects, Language Attitudes
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Shong, Susanna Y. L.; Cheng, Sheung-Tak – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2009
Having "language delay"--one of the common neurodevelopmental difficulties during childhood--does not only imply an impairment in communication in the 1st few years of life. Previous studies have suggested that language problems have long-term implications for social, emotional, and intellectual development. Researchers have found that…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary, Screening Tests
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Liu, Phil D.; McBride-Chang, Catherine; Wong, Anita M. -Y.; Tardif, Twila; Stokes, Stephanie F.; Fletcher, Paul; Shu, Hua – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
This study investigated the extent to which language skills at ages 2 to 4 years could discriminate Hong Kong Chinese poor from adequate readers at age 7. Selected were 41 poor readers (age M = 87.6 months) and 41 adequate readers (age M = 88.3 months). The two groups were matched on age, parents' education levels, and nonverbal intelligence. The…
Descriptors: Sentences, Oral Language, Economically Disadvantaged, Speech Tests