Dialect Acquisition.

Chambers, J. K.

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ERIC Number: EJ457644

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Dialect Acquisition.

Chambers, J. K.

Language, v68 n4 p673-705 Dec 1992

Eight general principles are postulated by which immigrants adapt dialectologically to their new surroundings, based mainly on results of a developmental study of six Canadian youngsters in two families who moved to southern England, with supporting evidence from several other studies. (52 references) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Language Acquisition, Language Usage, Regional Dialects, Second Language Learning, Sociolinguistics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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