Parental reports of bilingual toddlers’ first words and grammar of Italian in majority and heritage language contexts

This study presents the results of an investigation into the size and composition of vocabulary and early sentence formation in two groups of young bilingual children, one acquiring Italian as a majority language and the other acquiring it as a heritage language. The results show high variability i...

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Main Authors: Francesca La Morgia, Jo Billington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Irish Association for Applied Linguistics 2019-03-01
Series:Teanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
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Online Access:https://journal.iraal.ie/index.php/teanga/article/view/74