Lexical-Semantic Organization in Bilingual Children: Evidence From a Repeated Word Association Task.

Purpose: This study examined lexical-semantic organization of bilingual children in their 2 languages and in relation to monolingual age-mates. Method: Twelve Mandarin-English bilingual and 12 English monolingual children generated 3 associations to each of 36 words. Responses were coded as paradigm...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 572 - 588
Autores principales: Sheng, Li, McGregor, Karla K., Marian, Viorica
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association June 2006
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        atl: Lexical-Semantic Organization in Bilingual Children: Evidence From a Repeated Word Association Task.
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          Sheng, Li
          McGregor, Karla K.
          Marian, Viorica
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        Semantics in the English language
        English as a foreign language
        Association tests
        Bilingualism
        Psychology
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          Semantics in the English language
          English as a foreign language
          Association tests
          Bilingualism
          Psychology
      ab: Purpose: This study examined lexical-semantic organization of bilingual children in their 2 languages and in relation to monolingual age-mates. Method: Twelve Mandarin-English bilingual and 12 English monolingual children generated 3 associations to each of 36 words. Responses were coded as paradigmatic (dog-cat) or syntagmatic (dog-baric). Results: Within the bilingual group, word association performance was comparable and correlated between 1st and 2nd languages. Bilingual and monolingual children demonstrated similar patterns of responses, but subtle group differences were also revealed. When between-group comparisons were made on English measures, there was a bilingual advantage in paradigmatic responding during the 1st elicitation and for verbs. Conclusion: Results support previous studies in finding parallel development in bilinguals' 1st- and 2nd-language lexical-semantic skills and provide preliminary evidence that bilingualism may enhance paradigmatic organization of the semantic lexicon. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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