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Jackson, Samantha – First Language, 2023
While monolingual English speakers acquire most pronouns by age 5, acquisition amid prevalent, normative code-mixing, such as in Trinidad, is underexplored. This study examines how Trinidadian 3- to 5-year-olds express third-person subject, object, reflexive and possessive pronouns and factors influencing pronoun choices. Seventy-five preschoolers…
Descriptors: Grammar, Code Switching (Language), Language Usage, English
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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