Child, family, and school factors in bilingual preschoolers’ vocabulary development in heritage languages - SUN, He; NG, Siew Chin; O'BRIEN, Beth Ann; FRITZSCHE, Tom (Journal of child language, 2020)
Keywords: Bilingualism; Caregivers; Child language; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Cultural heritage; Dravidian Languages; Educational Attainment; Educational Environment; Educational Status; Families & family life; Family Characteristics; Family Environment; Family Influence; Female; Foreign Countries; Gender; Heritage language; Humans; Indonesian Languages; Institutional Characteristics; Language Acquisition; Language Development; Language dominance; Language Tests; Language Usage; Linguistics; Literature reviews; Malay language; Male; Mandarin; Mandarin Chinese; Memory; Mothers; Multilingualism; Native Language; Nonverbal Ability; Parent Background; Parenting; Phonology; Predictor Variables; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Reading; Reading Comprehension; Schools; Tamil language; Thinking Skills; Vocabulary; Vocabulary Development; Young Children; Singapore; child characteristics; input quantity; heritage language maintenance; language input-poor setting