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3.2 Research milestones

- Leopold (1939-1949):
-- Girl, Hildegard (and Karla), English and German
-- Evanston (Illinois, USA)
-- One person → one language (a)
-- Until age 6;0
-- Diary
-- Unequal amount of input
-- Unbalanced bilinguality
-- Initial hybrid/mixed language system
-- No linguistic or mental delay
-- Metalinguistic awareness
-- Faster recognition of arbitrarity