A continuing debate in language acquisition research is whether there are critical periods
(CPs) in development during which the system is most responsive to environmental input …

The ability to speak two languages often marvels monolinguals, although bilinguals report
no difficulties in achieving this feat. Here, we examine how learning and using two …

The number of children living in the United States who are learning two languages is
increasing greatly. However, relatively little research has been conducted on the language …

The central focus of this text is language development as a field of basic research, but
applied issues are also considered. Chapter 1 provides an overview and history of the field …

In this article, we begin with a summary of the evidence for perceptual narrowing for various
aspects of language (eg, vowel and consonant contrasts, tone languages, visual language …

The origins of the bilingual advantage in various cognitive tasks are largely unknown. We
tested the hypothesis that bilinguals' early capacities to track their native languages …

Harmonious bilingual development is the experience of well-being in a language contact
situation involving young children and their families. While so far no systematic ethnographic …

Categorical perception (CP) is likely the single finding from speech perception with the
biggest impact on cognitive science. However, within speech perception, it is widely known …

Early childhood education is a field that includes practitioners in nursery schools,
elementary schools, Head Start centers, child care centers, family homes, and other …

Research on the development of speech processing in bilingual children has typically
implemented a cross-sectional design and relied on behavioral measures. The present …