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Tanaka, Nozomi; O'Grady, William; Deen, Kamil; Bondoc, Ivan Paul – First Language, 2019
This article reports on the acquisition of relative clauses in Tagalog, the most widely spoken language in the Philippines. A distinctive feature of Tagalog is a unique system of voice that creates competing patterns, each with different possibilities for relativization. This study of children's performance on agent and patient relative clauses in…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Tagalog, Language Patterns, Native Language
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Leung, Alex Ho-Cheong – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2012
This paper explores the purported negative influence of foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) on child second language acquisition (SLA) by studying Hong Kong Cantonese children's listening ability in second language (L2) English. 31 kindergarten third graders aged 4;6 to 6, and 29 first year secondary students aged 11-14 who have had a Filipino…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Grade 3, Listening Skills