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Kidd, Evan; Garcia, Rowena – First Language, 2022
A comprehensive theory of child language acquisition requires an evidential base that is representative of the typological diversity present in the world's 7000 or so languages. However, languages are dying at an alarming rate, and the next 50 years represents the last chance we have to document acquisition in many of them. Here, we take stock of…
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Maintenance
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Formosa, Jennifer; Little, Sabine – First Language, 2023
This qualitative, exploratory research study is positioned within the field of Family Language Policy (FLP). Contextualised in bilingual Malta, where Maltese is the majority language, the study inquires into the effects of a plurilingual family language programme on the language ideologies within English-speaking Maltese families. The programme…
Descriptors: Native Language, Family Programs, Family Relationship, Language Usage