primary language
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprimaryandlanguage
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primary
adjective
uk/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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language
noun
uk/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandlanguagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Implications for future research and intervention with preschool children withprimarylanguagedisorders are discussed.
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Theirprimarylanguagewas personal, familial, existential, and sometimes spiritual.
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It is logically impossible to restrict the time period for learning a second language without similarly constraining theprimarylanguage.
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This paper reflects a key concern for teacher trainers: how canprimarylanguageteachers promote the development of intercultural awareness among their pupils?
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All children were diagnosed by a speech and language therapist as having aprimarylanguageimpairment.
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Skilled readers are proficient in the syntax of theirprimarylanguage, even when it is a natural sign language.
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To properly compare the participants in the two testing environments, the instructions were given in theprimarylanguageof the testing environment.
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The insights gained from studying simultaneous bilingualism have the potential for sharpening our understanding of the cognitive processes involved inprimarylanguageacquisition in general.
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Do language-based processing tasks separate children withprimarylanguageimpairment from typical bilinguals?
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For others still, this was theprimarylanguageof the children and teachers at their daycare.
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The linguistic logic of the post-colony is that theprimarylanguageof state is different from the languages of society.
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For some, it became theirprimarylanguage.
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Thus, there is a greater potential for non-target structures and, therefore, for the visibility of the cognitive processes involved inprimarylanguageacquisition.
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This book proposes a neurobiological mechanism for stimulus appraisal and then shows how it might operate in second language acquisition,primarylanguageacquisition, language use, and cognition in general.
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