It has been suggested that the parents of heritage speakers (2nd generation immigrants),
who are the main source of input to them, may exhibit first-language (L1) attrition in their …

This article investigated the development of narrative production skills among Mandarin-
English dual language immersion (DLI) students. A total of 60 children in first (N= 20), third …

A comprehensive theory of child language acquisition requires an evidential base that is
representative of the typological diversity present in the world's 7,000 or so languages …

Recent approaches to heritage languages have sought to identify explanations for variability
in heritage grammars. The present study explores variable patterns of Spanish differential …

Reference in extended discourse is vulnerable to delayed acquisition in early childhood.
Although recent research has increasingly focused on effects of linguistic, input, and …

The interaction between the bilingual child's two languages, coined as Cross-linguistic
influence (CLI), is a well-reported phenomenon in bilingual language development …

Aims and objectives: This study investigates the effects of fine-grained aspects of input and
cross-linguistic influence on the placement of prepositional zai-phrase (zai-PP) in heritage …

Research on heritage language acquisition at the school age has shown protracted
development and early stabilisation in morphosyntax and the lexicon. Our study examined …

Families immigrating to English-speaking countries, such as Chinese families in the USA,
typically undergo language shift to English within three generations. In principle, however …

The Literacy Enhancement Hypothesis states that the development of literacy skills and
exposure to textual input during the school-age period leads to more robust linguistic …