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DESCRIPTION:WHAT\, WHERE and WHY: On the role of input in bilingual\nlangua
 ge acquisition\nSharon Unsworth (Utrecht University)\nOne of the salient c
 haracteristics of bilingual language\nacquisition is variability. Bilingua
 l children often vary in their\nrate of acquisition and in the proficiency
  level which they\nultimately attain. Considerable variability also exists
  in\nbilingual children’s language environment: this may differ\nsignifica
 ntly within and across children in terms of both quantity\nand quality. In
  this talk I evaluate the impact of a number of\n‘quantity-­‐oriented’ and
  ‘quality-­‐oriented’ exposure variables\n(following Paradis 2011 and Plac
 e and Hoff 2011\, a.o.) to determine\nWHAT aspects of bilingual children’s
  input may be relevant. \nThe ‘quantity- ‐oriented’ variables include lang
 uage at home\,\nlanguage at school\, cumulative length of exposure and chi
 ld’s\noutput\, and  the ‘quality-­‐oriented’ are richness\, proportion\nof
  native  exposure\, no. of monolingual and variety of\nconversational part
 ners. I examine WHERE in the system\, i.e.\, which\nlinguistic domain\, in
 put effects are observed\, and whether ‘profile\neffects’\, as predicted b
 y Oller et al. (2007)\, are attested.\nFinally\, I consider WHY (quantitat
 ive and/or qualitative)\ndifferences in the input should affect bilingual 
 language\ndevelopment\, exploring the constructivist and generative answer
 s to\nthis question by drawing on work by Gathercole (2007) and Yang\n(200
 2\, 2007).\n
DTSTART:20111202T203000Z
DTEND:20111202T230000Z
LOCATION:Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 rue Sherbroo
 ke Ouest
SUMMARY:91������ Linguistics Colloquia Series - Sharon Unsworth (Utrecht/Harv
 ard)
URL:/channels/event/mcgill-linguistics-colloquia-serie
 s-sharon-unsworth-utrechtharvard-212543
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