Linguistics Final Vocab

Ecocultural theory

Describes how the beliefs held by a community play out in the daily routines and practices of the community’s individual members.

Dual Language Learner

students who live in a household where a language other than English is spoken

(as opposed to subtractive language environment (ideology)

Researcher Positionality

Identity and background, experience, relationship to participants in target research

Language Exposure

People (esp children) “pick up” language from the environment (may or may not be “enough”)