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33 relations: Aphasia, City University of New York, Creole language, Critical period hypothesis, Crosslinguistic influence, First language, Language contact, Language transfer, Lexicon, Listening, Literacy, Morphology (linguistics), Multilingualism, Neurology, Neuroplasticity, PDF, Phonology, Psychology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Reading (process), Second language, Second-language acquisition, Second-language attrition, Speaker types, Speech, Stockholm University, Syntax, Temple University, Threshold hypothesis, United States Department of State, University of Groningen, Variation (linguistics), VU University Amsterdam.
Aphasia
Aphasia is an inability to comprehend and formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions.
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City University of New York
The City University of New York (CUNY) is the public university system of New York City, and the largest urban university system in the United States.
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Creole language
A creole language, or simply creole, is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages at a fairly sudden point in time: often, a pidgin transitioned into a full, native language.
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Critical period hypothesis
The critical period hypothesis is the subject of a long-standing debate in linguistics and language acquisition over the extent to which the ability to acquire language is biologically linked to age.
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Crosslinguistic influence
Crosslinguistic influence (CLI) refers to the different ways in which one language can affect another within an individual speaker.
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First language
A first language, native language or mother/father/parent tongue (also known as arterial language or L1) is a language that a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period.
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Language contact
Language contact occurs when speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact and influence each other.
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Language transfer
Language transfer (also known as L1 interference, linguistic interference, and crosslinguistic influence) refers to speakers or writers applying knowledge from one language to another language.
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Lexicon
A lexicon, word-hoard, wordbook, or word-stock is the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge (such as nautical or medical).
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Listening
Listening is to give one's attention to sound or action.
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Literacy
Literacy is traditionally meant as the ability to read and write.
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Morphology (linguistics)
In linguistics, morphology is the study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language.
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Multilingualism
Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers.
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Neurology
Neurology (from νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system.
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Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity, also known as brain plasticity and neural plasticity, is the ability of the brain to change throughout an individual's life, e.g., brain activity associated with a given function can be transferred to a different location, the proportion of grey matter can change, and synapses may strengthen or weaken over time.
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The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.
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Phonology
Phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in languages.
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Psychology
Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought.
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Radboud University Nijmegen
Radboud University Nijmegen (abbreviated as RU, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, formerly Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen) is a public university with a strong focus on research located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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Reading (process)
Reading is a complex "cognitive process" of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning (reading comprehension).
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Second language
A person's second language or L2, is a language that is not the native language of the speaker, but that is used in the locale of that person.
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Second-language acquisition
Second-language acquisition (SLA), second-language learning, or L2 (language 2) acquisition, is the process by which people learn a second language.
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Second-language attrition
Second-language attrition is the decline of second-language skills, which occurs whenever the learner uses the second language to an insufficient degree (De Bot & Weltens 1991:43) or due to environmental changes the language use is limited and another language is becoming the dominant one (Olshtain 1989: 151).
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Speaker types
Within the linguistic study of endangered languages, sociolinguists distinguish between different speaker types based on the type of competence they have acquired of the endangered language.
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Speech
Speech is the vocalized form of communication used by humans and some animals, which is based upon the syntactic combination of items drawn from the lexicon.
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Stockholm University
Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet) is a public university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960.
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Syntax
In linguistics, syntax is the set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, usually including word order.
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Temple University
Temple University (Temple or TU) is a state-related research university located in the Cecil B. Moore neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Threshold hypothesis
The threshold hypothesis is a hypothesis concerning second language acquisition set forth in a study by Cummins (1976) that stated that a minimum threshold in language proficiency must be passed before a second-language speaker can reap any benefits from language.
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United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department that advises the President and represents the country in international affairs and foreign policy issues.
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University of Groningen
The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a public research university in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.
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Variation (linguistics)
Variation is a characteristic of language: there is more than one way of saying the same thing.
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VU University Amsterdam
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as VU, VU University Amsterdam, "Free University Amsterdam") is a university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1880.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_attrition
