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Kate Huddlestone; Andries van Niekerk; Anne Baker – Sign Language Studies, 2025
Variation occurs in sign languages, just as in spoken languages. Lexical variation is very common and has been related to individual schools for the deaf, so-called "schoolization," rather than only to region or other common sociolinguistic factors, such as gender, social class, etc. (Baker et al. 2016). This study investigates lexical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Sign Language, Language Variation
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Tim Joris Laméris; Maki Kubota; Tanja Kupisch; Jennifer Cabrelli; Neal Snape; Jason Rothman – Second Language Research, 2025
Few studies have examined global foreign accent (GFA) in bilingual children, and little is known about how GFA changes over time and what factors determine change. Here, we examine GFA trajectories in Japanese-English bilingual returnees (Japanese children who returned to Japan after having lived in a majority English environment for several…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Children, Pronunciation