Learning language from older siblings

[Elena Nicoladis]

We have some data that are suggestive that a child may have been
attending more to his older sister than to his parents in the
acquisition of his early words (i.e., his parents spoke to him almost
exclusively in Mandarin, his older sister about 50/50 Mandarin and
English; there were no other significant caregivers during the
relevant time period; the child's first 50 words are about equally
split between the two languages).

Does anyone know of any research on the role of older siblings in
children's early language acquisition?

I'd be happy to post a summary to the group, if there are multiple
references.

Cheers,
Elena
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