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Commonalities, differences, and differences that matter between monolingual and bilingual development

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: This commentary makes the argument that the child-internal and child-external sources of individual differences in bilingual development are much the same as the sources of individual differences in monolingual development. It makes the further argument that the operation of the child-external influences results in differences between monolingual and bilingual development in the rate and sometimes in the outcome of language acquisition. An argument is made for the scientific and practical value of understanding the differences between monolingual and bilingual development, and future directions for research are suggested.

Source: Journal of Child Language

DOI: 10.1017/s0305000922000770

Author: Erika HOFF

Institution: Florida Atlantic University

Language: English

Topic: Language Development and Disorders

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: Early Dual Language Development in Children from Spanish-Speaking Families, G1985845614, G6968514122