While there is no doubt that children raised bilingual can become extremely proficient in both languages, theorists are divided on whether bilingualism effectively monolingualism twice (the “Two Monolinguals One Brain” hypothesis) or differs some fundamental way from monolingualism. A strong version of the Monolinguals” hypothesis predicts bilinguals achieve monolingual-level proficiency either...

Set in Ireland 2004, against the backdrop of anti-immigrant sentiment that preceded Citizenship Referendum, Flight, by Oona Frawley weaves story Sandrine—a young Zimbabwean woman who flies her country search a better future for herself and family—into Tom Claire, an old Irish couple whom she works as carer. The novel engages directly with representations migration hospitality contemporary exami...

The case study focuses on the acquisition of Russian derivational morphology in terms nouns by monolingual (Russian) and simultaneous bilingual (Russian German) children early age. results are based analysis representative natural longitudinal recordings transcribed stored CHAT format using CHILDES system. first patterns methods nominal word-formation along with morphemes used revealed. propert...

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This article examines how monolingual and multilingual portrayals are constructed displayed by users of the social media platform Instagram. It is based on a corpus 100 posts, which were labelled with hashtags #monolingualism or #monolingual. The data processed corpus-analysis software AntConc, quantified, thematically analyzed. results indicate that posts selected contained information related...