Teachers as new speakers of a minority language: Identity, speakerness, and ideologies on variation in Irish
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DOI: 10.1177/13670069221110384
Abstract: Aims and objectives: This article reports the ideologies on linguistic variation among a cohort of new speaker teachers (NSTs) of Irish. It investigates responses to the three main traditional dialects of Irish and a post-traditional… read more here.
Keywords: minority language; variety; identity speakerness; language ... See more keywords
Limited input and the acquisition of Finnish: The evolution of a child speaker in a multilingual environment
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DOI: 10.1177/13670069241270845
Abstract: Aims and Objectives/Research Question: This is a case study of a toddler acquiring Finnish in a trilingual (Finnish–Spanish–English) setting. Despite the apparent ease of the child’s acquisition of Finnish, the pressure of the majority language… read more here.
Keywords: child; limited input; language; minority language ... See more keywords
The metalinguistic and metarepresentational attitude of early bilingual children: A study on definitional skills
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DOI: 10.1177/13670069241284736
Abstract: Aims and objectives: Definitional skill is the ability to define words using canonical formats. This skill requires lexical, morpho-syntactic, and pragmatic abilities, as well as metalinguistic attitude. Bilingualism has a crucial role in cognitive development,… read more here.
Keywords: early bilingual; bilingual children; definitional skills; language ... See more keywords
The role of minority language bilingualism in spotting agreement attraction errors: Evidence from Italian varieties
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298648
Abstract: Bilingual adaptations remain a subject of ongoing debate, with varying results reported across cognitive domains. A possible way to disentangle the apparent inconsistency of results is to focus on the domain of language processing, which… read more here.
Keywords: language; minority; minority language; agreement ... See more keywords
“I have struggled really hard to learn Sami”: Claiming and regaining a minority language
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DOI: 10.1515/ijsl-2017-0030
Abstract: Abstract This article sheds light on the issue of new speakerness via a case study focusing on one adolescent – “Elle” – and her efforts to claim and regain Sami, a national minority language in… read more here.
Keywords: sami; minority language; learn sami; language ... See more keywords
Barriers to access and utilization of healthcare services for minority-language speakers with neurodevelopmental disorders: A scoping review
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.915999
Abstract: Introduction Minority-language speakers in the general population face barriers to accessing healthcare services. This scoping review aims to examine the barriers to healthcare access for minority-language speakers who have a neurodevelopmental disorder. Our goal is… read more here.
Keywords: language speakers; minority language; healthcare services;