Lexical restructuring stimulates phonological awareness among emerging English–French bilingual children’s literacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20366278 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Klaudia KRENCA (0000-0002-5845-967X, Dalhousie University, corresponding author), Eliane Segers (0000-0002-8616-6890, Radboud University Nijmegen), Ludo Verhoeven (0000-0002-5108-4705, Radboud University Nijmegen), J Steele (0000-0002-8642-8985, University of Toronto), Sharry Shakory (0000-0002-9960-7149, Dalhousie University), Xi Chen (0000-0002-2058-0351, Dalhousie University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 685-709 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Child Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305000922000083 |
| PMID | 35403575 |
| OpenAlex | W4223457230 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 34 |
This longitudinal study investigated how lexical restructuring can stimulate emerging bilingual children’s phonological awareness in their first (L1) and second (L2) languages. Sixty-two English (L1) – French (L2) bilingual children ( M age = 75.7 months, SD = 3.2) were taught new English and French word pairs differing minimally in phonological contrast. The results indicated that increasing lexical specificity in English mediated the relationship between English vocabulary and English phonological awareness both concurrently and longitudinally at the end of Grade 1. A longitudinal relationship was established among French vocabulary, French lexical specificity, and French phonological awareness at the end of Grade 1. Notably, cross-language transfer from English lexical specificity was a better predictor of development in French phonological awareness, especially for words that contained phonological contrasts that occurred in both languages. The results from this study highlight the phonological foundations of early literacy and extend the lexical restructuring hypothesis to emerging bilingual children
Literacy · Longitudinal study · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Phonological awareness · Phonological development · Phonological rule · Phonology · Restructuring · Vocabulary · Vocabulary development · Language Development and Disorders · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |