Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers’ views on language acquisition

• Main Author: Bernacki Jonk, Luella
• Other Authors: Enns, Charlotte (Education), Pear, Joseph(Psychology), Russell, Kevin (Linguistics), Woodgate, Roberta (Nursing), Bernhardt, May (School of Audiology and Speech Sciences,University of British Columbia)
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: language; Aboriginal; culture; children; Brochet; Lac Brochet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3175

Language development is central to how children learn and participate within their environment and specific cultural milieu. There is little information available on the process of language acquisition for Aboriginal children. The purpose of this study was to investigate caregiver-child interactions...