Language Acquisition (in Early Childhood) - University of Alberta

Language Acquisition (in Early Childhood)

Tamara Sorenson Duncan

University of Alberta, Department of Linguistics tamara.sorensonduncan@ualberta.ca ualberta.ca/~tgs

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Language Acquisition in Early

Cantonese

Childhood

Spanish

First Language Acquisition

Hindi

African American English

Second Language Acquisition

French Mandarin

Second First Language Acquisition

Inuktitut

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Linguistic Diversity in Canada

(Statistics Canada, 2006)

Mother Tongue Non-Official Languages

English

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Today's Focus

? First Language Acquisition

? English

? Typical Language Development

? Second language acquisition in immigrant children

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