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<div>my view is that *both* are necessary. One can go astray
theoretically on generalising from personal anecdotes, but if
empirical research is not also informed by experience, one can also
draw the wrong conclusions.</div>
<div>Annette</div>
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<div>At 3:23 PM -0700 5/11/02, Teresa A. Ukrainetz wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Just a note
to say that it is refreshing to hear reflections about bilingual
dominance from personal knowledge. Typical American educational
conversations involve theoretical discussions and standardized
testing. </font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Teresa
Ukrainetz</font><br>
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<font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>From:</b></font> <font
face="Arial" size="-1"> Ann Dowker</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>Sent:</b></font> <font
face="Arial" size="-1"> Tuesday, November 5, 2002 2:19 PM</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>Cc:</b></font>
<font face="Arial" size="-1"> info-childes; Ellina
Chernobilsky</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>Subject:</b></font>
<font face="Arial" size="-1"> Re:
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">Ellen Bialystok's work may be
useful here; e.g.</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">Bialystok, E. (1988). Levels
of bilingualism and levels of language</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">awareness. Developmental Psychology, 24,
560-567</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">and some later
papers.</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">Best wishes,</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">Ann</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">> >De : Ellina
Chernobilsky <ellinac@email.eden.rutgers.edu></font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">> >À :
info-childes@mail.talkbank.org
<info-childes@mail.talkbank.org></font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">> >Date : lundi 4 novembre 2002
07:08</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">> >Objet : Question to the
community</font><br>
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<font face="Arial" size="-1">> >>--</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">> >>Does anyone know if there
are any good ways to establish language</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">> >>dominance in bilinguals
(esp. five and six year olds)? Any references</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">> >>to the research on this
topic or methodology for establishing the</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">> >>language dominance will be
greatly appreciated.</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">> >>Thank you.</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">> >>Ellina
Chernobilsky</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">> >>PhD Student</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">> >>Rutgers
University</font><br>
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