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Bilingual Children's Acquisition of English Verb Morphology

Effects of Language Exposure, Structure Complexity, and Task Type

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ID4843487
AuthorsJim Paradis (0000-0002-4825-3301, University of Alberta, corresponding author), Johanne Paradis
Year2010
Volume60
Issue3
Pages651-680
Publication date2010-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9922.2010.00567.x
OpenAlexW2096995878
LanguageEN
Citations received56
References cited45

This study investigated whether bilingual-monolingual differences would be apparent in school-age children's use and knowledge of English verb morphology and whether differences would be influenced by amount of exposure to English, complexity of the morphological structure, or the type of task given. French-English bilinguals (mean age = 6;10) were given a standardized test with two production probes and a grammaticality judgment probe for English verb morphology. Results indicated that all three factors-exposure, complexity, and task type-influenced how closely bilinguals approached monolingual norms. These results are consistent withGathercole's (2007)constructivist model of bilingual acquisition for the exposure and complexity effects. The task effects can be explained in view of cognitive differences in processing between bilinguals and monolinguals and, thus, are also argued to be compatible with a constructivist model. The implications of bilingual-monolingual differences for language assessment are discussed

Age of Acquisition · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Grammar · Grammaticality · Linguistics · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Psycholinguistics · Task (project management) · Verb · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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