Connective Processing by Bilingual Children and Monolinguals with Specific Language Impairment: Distinct Profiles
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| Title: | Connective Processing by Bilingual Children and Monolinguals with Specific Language Impairment: Distinct Profiles |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Mak, Willem M., Tribushinina, Elena, Lomako, Julia, Gagarina, Natalia, Abrosova, Ekaterina, Sanders, T |
| Source: | Journal of Child Language. Mar 2017 44(2):329-345. |
| Availability: | Cambridge University Press. 100 Brook Hill Drive, West Nyack, NY 10994-2133. Tel: 800-872-7423; Tel: 845-353-7500; Fax: 845-353-4141; e-mail: subscriptions_newyork@cambridge.org; Web site: http://journals.cambridge.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| Publication Date: | 2017 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Bilingual Students, Monolingualism, Language Impairments, Comparative Analysis, Eye Movements, Language Acquisition, Young Children, Semantics, Russian, Indo European Languages |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0305000915000860 |
| ISSN: | 0305-0009 |
| Abstract: | Production studies show that both Russian-speaking children with specific language impairment (SLI) and bilingual children for whom Russian is a non-dominant language have difficulty distinguishing between the near-synonymous connectives "i" "and" and "a" "and/but." "I" is a preferred connective when reference is maintained, whereas a is normally used for reference shift. We report an eye-tracking experiment comparing connective processing by Russian-speaking monolinguals with typical language development (TLD) with that of Russian-Dutch bilinguals and Russian-speaking monolinguals with SLI (age 5-6). The results demonstrate that the processing profiles of monolinguals with TLD and bilinguals are similar: both groups use connective semantics immediately for predicting further discourse. In contrast, children with SLI do not show sensitivity to these semantic differences. Despite similar production profiles, bilinguals and monolinguals with SLI are clearly different in connective processing. We discuss the implications of these results for the possible causes of the errors in the two populations. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2017 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1133474 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Production studies show that both Russian-speaking children with specific language impairment (SLI) and bilingual children for whom Russian is a non-dominant language have difficulty distinguishing between the near-synonymous connectives "i" "and" and "a" "and/but." "I" is a preferred connective when reference is maintained, whereas a is normally used for reference shift. We report an eye-tracking experiment comparing connective processing by Russian-speaking monolinguals with typical language development (TLD) with that of Russian-Dutch bilinguals and Russian-speaking monolinguals with SLI (age 5-6). The results demonstrate that the processing profiles of monolinguals with TLD and bilinguals are similar: both groups use connective semantics immediately for predicting further discourse. In contrast, children with SLI do not show sensitivity to these semantic differences. Despite similar production profiles, bilinguals and monolinguals with SLI are clearly different in connective processing. We discuss the implications of these results for the possible causes of the errors in the two populations. |
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| ISSN: | 0305-0009 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0305000915000860 |
