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Language Exposure

Language Exposure is a foundational linguistic input variable in bilingual early childhood education that refers to the quantity, quality, and contextual consistency of auditory and interactive encounters with a particular language, distinguishing it from related sociolinguistic or cognitive factors by its focus on direct, comprehensible language input as a primary driver of language acquisition.

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Statistical Learning by 8-Month-Old Infants

Jenny R. Saffran, Richard Ν. Aslin, Elissa L. Newport · Science · 1996 · 5.7K 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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Cross-language speech perception: Evidence for perceptual reorganization during the first year of life

Janet F. Werker, Richard C. Tees · Infant Behavior and Development · 1984 · 2.8K citations

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The Language and Thought of the Child

C. O. Weber, Jean Piaget, Melissa R. Warden · The American Journal of Psychology · 1927 · 2.4K citations

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Input in Second Language Acquisition

Ruth B. Bottigheimer, Susan M. Gass, Carolyn G. Madden · Modern Language Journal · 1986 · 2.3K citations

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  1. EB
    Ellen Bialystok

    York University, Canada

    69 publications · 15.8K citations

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  2. FG
    Fred Genesee

    McGill University, Canada

    39 publications · 3.7K citations

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  3. JE
    James Emil Flege

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

    29 publications · 6.3K citations

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  4. AC
    Albert Costa

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

    30 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. JF
    Janet F. Werker

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    34 publications · 8K citations

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  1. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    70 h-index

    330 publications

    30.9K citations

  2. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    51 h-index

    121 publications

    25K citations

  3. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    50 h-index

    372 publications

    29.5K citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    50 h-index

    159 publications

    10.6K citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    47 h-index

    195 publications

    34.3K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    45 h-index

    228 publications

    21.3K citations

  7. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    45 h-index

    143 publications

    18.3K citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    44 h-index

    145 publications

    15.3K citations

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  1. Child Development

    162 publications · 24.3K citations

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  2. Bilingualism Language and Cognition

    BLC · 229 publications · 19.1K citations

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  3. Applied Psycholinguistics

    124 publications · 14.9K citations

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  4. Cognition

    96 publications · 14.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Child Language

    181 publications · 12.4K citations

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