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First Language Development

First Language Development is a theoretical construct in vocabulary assessment that refers to the natural acquisition and progression of linguistic competence in an individual's native language from infancy through early childhood, distinguished from second language learning by its unconscious, context-embedded, and developmentally innate characteristics.

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2017–2026

341

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L1 Development

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Constructing a language: a usage-based theory of language acquisition

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 4.5K citations

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A First Language: The Early Stages

Rod Gardner, Beatrice T. Gardner, Roger Brown · The American Journal of Psychology · 1974 · 4.2K citations

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Linguistic Interdependence and the Educational Development of Bilingual Children

James Cummins · Review of Educational Research · 1979 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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The Specificity of Environmental Influence: Socioeconomic Status Affects Early Vocabulary Development Via Maternal Speech

Erika Hoff · Child Development · 2003 · 2.3K citations

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<b>Cognition and the development of language.</b> Ed. by John R. Hayes. New York: John Wiley &amp; Sons, 1970. Pp. x, 370. $12.00.

Lois Bloom · Language · 1974 · 2.1K citations

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Authors

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  1. LV
    Ludo Verhoeven

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    15 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. MH
    Marc H. Bornstein

    Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, United States

    13 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. EB
    Elizabeth Bates

    University of California San Diego, United States

    13 publications · 2.5K citations

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  4. PK
    Patricia K. Kuhl

    University of Washington, United States

    13 publications · 4.8K citations

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  5. JF
    Janet F. Werker

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    15 publications · 2.3K citations

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Institutions

1.1K

  1. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    24 h-index

    84 publications

    7.1K citations

  2. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    23 h-index

    52 publications

    5.6K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    23 h-index

    46 publications

    7.7K citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    23 h-index

    50 publications

    7K citations

  5. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    22 h-index

    40 publications

    5.1K citations

  6. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    22 h-index

    60 publications

    3.4K citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    21 h-index

    44 publications

    11.6K citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    20 h-index

    30 publications

    2.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Child Language

    82 publications · 9.9K citations

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  2. Child Development

    50 publications · 8.8K citations

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  3. Modern Language Journal

    MLJ · 50 publications · 8.2K citations

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  4. Applied Psycholinguistics

    58 publications · 5.6K citations

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  5. Language Learning

    53 publications · 5.6K citations

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