Causal Relations and Cohesive Strategies in the Narratives of Heritage Speakers of Russian in Their Two Languages
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5901154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judy R Kupersmitt (0000-0003-3431-4174, Hadassah Academic College, corresponding author), Sveta Fichman (0000-0002-4946-4506, Hadassah Academic College), Sharon Armon-Lotem (0000-0003-3360-9472, Bar-Ilan University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 248 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/languages9070248 |
| OpenAlex | W4400645778 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 67 |
Causal relations allow a very detailed insight into the narrative skills of children from various backgrounds; however, their contribution has not been sufficiently studied in bilingual populations. The present study examines the expression of causal relations and the linguistic forms used to encode them in narratives of bilingual children speaking Russian as the Heritage Language (HL) and Hebrew as the Societal Language (SL). Narratives were collected from 21 typically developing Russian-Hebrew bilingual children using the Frog story picture book and were coded for frequency and type of episodic components, and for causal relations focusing on enabling and motivational relations. Results showed that the number of episodic components was higher in Hebrew than in Russian. An in-depth analysis showed that more components were mentioned in the first five episodes, particularly at the onset of the story. Causal relations were similar in both languages but were differently distributed across the languages-more enabling relations in Russian stories and more motivational relations in Hebrew stories. Production of episodic components and causal relations was affected by language proficiency but not by age of onset of bilingualism (AoB). In terms of language forms, lexical chains (e.g., search~find) were the most frequent means for inferring relations. Syntactic and referential cohesion were used in dedicated episodes to convey relations in both languages. Finally, a higher number of significant correlations between narrative productivity measures, episodic components, and causal relations were found in SL/Hebrew than in HL/Russian. The study results underscore the need to understand how language-specific abilities interact with knowledge of narrative discourse construction
Cohesion (chemistry · Hebrew · Linguistics · Narrative · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Language Development and Disorders · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
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