Child characteristics, family factors, and preschool factors are all found to affect the rate of
bilingual children's vocabulary development in heritage language (HL). However, what …

Background The phonological and morphosyntactic structures of English and Mandarin
contrast maximally and an increasing number of bilinguals speak these two languages …

Background The nature of speech disorders in individuals with Down Syndrome (DS)
remains controversial despite various explanations put forth in the literature to account for …

Background: Assessment of oral language skills is challenging in multilingual environments.
With language policies promoting increased use of English and reduction of dialectal …