A typological approach to language change in contact situations
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DOI: 10.1075/dia.23029.sin
Abstract: Language contact phenomena have increasingly been researched from different historical linguistic, sociolinguistic and areal-typological perspectives. However, since most of this research is based on case studies, an assessment of contact phenomena from a worldwide comparative… read more here.
Keywords: language contact; typological approach; language; contact ... See more keywords
We need a comparative approach to language acquisition: A commentary on Kidd and Garcia (2022)
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DOI: 10.1177/01427237221093847
Abstract: The study by Kidd and Garcia is long overdue. Their analyses of published research on language acquisition highlight the lack of typological diversity in studies of how children acquire their native tongue. We concur with… read more here.
Keywords: comparative approach; approach language; language; kidd garcia ... See more keywords
Toward a Comparative Approach to Language Acquisition
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DOI: 10.1177/09637214211049229
Abstract: The world’s languages vary in almost every conceivable way, yet children readily learn their native language. Understanding how children can acquire such a diversity of different languages has been a long-standing goal for psychological science,… read more here.
Keywords: comparative approach; approach language; language; language acquisition ... See more keywords