Abstract
This study focuses on the relationship between dialect use and the acquisition of standard Dutch vocabulary by young children in the Dutch province of Limburg. The results of a newly-developed dialect expressive vocabulary task show extensive inter-individual variation that does not support a dichotomous distinction between monolingual and bidialectal children. The children’s dialect vocabulary scores are neither positively nor negatively associated with their results on a standardized receptive Dutch vocabulary task. Thus, the acquisition of a dialect does not hinder or facilitate the acquisition of standard Dutch vocabulary.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Language variation European Perspectives VIII. Studies in Language Variation. Selected papers from the Eight International Conference on Language Variation – European Perspectives VI. |
Editors | Isabella Buchstaller, Beat Siebenhaar |
Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 85-98 |
Volume | VIII |
Publication status | Published - 01 Jun 2017 |