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Wu, Dandan; Cai, Liman; Liang, Luyao; Li, Hui – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This study explored the patterns and predictors of code-switching (CS) in Singapore preschoolers by analyzing the data elicited from an existing early childhood corpus. Altogether 943 cases of CS produced by 111 children aged 2;6, 3;6, 4;6, 5;6, respectively, were analyzed. The results indicated that: (1) 'insertion', 'intersentential', and…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Code Switching (Language), Computational Linguistics, Age Differences
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Goldin, Michele – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Cross-linguistically, monolingual children produce target-like inflected verbs much earlier than they can reliably distinguish between singular and plural subject-verb agreement morphology in comprehension (i.e. Johnson, V., J. de Villiers, and H. Seymour. 2005. "Agreement Without Understanding? The Case of Third Person Singular /s/."…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Verbs
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Cohen, Cathy – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016
The input factors that may cause variation in bilingual proficiency were investigated in 38 French-English bilinguals aged six to eight, of middle-to-high socio-economic status, attending an international state school in France. Data on children's current and cumulative language exposure and family background were collected through questionnaires…
Descriptors: Young Children, Bilingual Students, French, English