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Emily Barnes; Neasa Ní Chiaráin; Ailbhe Ní Chasaide – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
The aim of this study is to examine which predictor variables are related to literacy attainment in Irish (Gaelic)-English bilinguals. The participants were in their second (n = 115) and third (n = 125) year of schooling in Ireland and were drawn from both native speaker and new speaker backgrounds. The constructs of phonemic awareness, verbal…
Descriptors: Irish, English, Bilingual Education, Grade 2
Crawford, Jean Lenore – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation investigates the acquisition of the passive. The apparent cross-linguistic delay of the verbal passive compared to other constructions suggests children's knowledge is somehow restricted, leading some to propose the difficulty arises because of syntactic maturation (Wexler 2004, Orfitelli 2012) or because of a heavy reliance…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Language Acquisition, Verbal Development