Browsing by Subject "Bilingualism"
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)While studies suggest that figurative, or non-literal, meanings are automatically activated in single language users, little is known about how language proficiency may influence the automaticity of non-literal meaning ...
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(2012-10-19)According to the 2009 U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 57 million individuals, ages five and older, living in the United States spoke a language other than English at home. There is a clear and growing number of bilingual ...
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(2013-08-28)The present study observes and compares the language attitudes towards standard English, standard Spanish, and code-switching in two U.S. and Mexico border cities (Laredo and Edinburg) by employing the matched-guise technique ...
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The Rio Grande Valley has been in recent years the attention of media outlets, literature, and art. And while not all that is portrayed is accurate, the depictions of the Valley are created from stereotypes and its people ...
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Linking Family Background and Home Language with English Reading Comprehension amog Bi/Multilinguals (2013-04-24)The purpose of this study is to examine the links between family background and home language factors on English reading achievement among bi/multilingual students. To explore the potential predictors of English reading ...
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(American Psychological Association, 2010-05)This article is an obituary of the late Wallace E. Lambert, pioneering researcher in the psychology of bilingualism, McGill University.