Is There a Cognate Advantage for Typically Developing Spanish-Speaking English-Language Learners?
Purpose: Cross-linguistic cognates are words that share form and meaning in two languages (e.g., helicopter-helicoptero); translation equivalents are words that share meaning but not form (e.g., house-casa). Research consistently demonstrates a performance speed and/or accuracy advantage for process...
| Publicado en: | Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 191 - 205 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Apr2012
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