Justice and equity for whom? Reframing research on the “bilingual (dis)advantage”

Applied Psycholinguistics, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 44(3), С. 301 - 315

Опубликована: Ноя. 8, 2022

Abstract The search for the existence and nonexistence of bilingual advantages disadvantages has become a battleground marked by polarized comments perspectives, furthering our understanding neither bilingualism as an experience nor cognition higher-level mental processes. In this paper, I provide brief historical overview research examining cognitive linguistic consequences multilingualism address assumptions underlying exploring behavioral difference. aim to illustrate sole focus on (dis)advantage fails reflect complexity dynamicity people’s experiences, thereby distracting from bilingualism. Responding call special issue, describe necessity people when moving toward just equitable future applied psycholinguistic research. Furthermore, explain why nuances need be recognized beyond binary categorization advance knowledge about its consequences. To avoid unjust misattribution outcome life report findings in transparent manner, myopic representation terms “bilingual (dis)advantage” should reflected on.

Язык: Английский

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Effects of environmental diversity on exploration and learning: The case of bilingualism.

Journal of Experimental Psychology General, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 153(11), С. 2879 - 2898

Опубликована: Апрель 22, 2024

Bilingual environments provide a commonplace example of increased complexity and uncertainty. Learning multiple languages entails mastery larger more variable range sounds, words, syntactic structures, pragmatic conventions, complex mapping linguistic information to objects in the world. Recent research suggests that bilingual learners demonstrate fundamental variation how they explore learn from their environment, which may derive this complexity. In particular, variability broaden focus learners' attention, laying different attentional foundation for learning. review, we introduce novel framework, with accompanying empirical evidence, understanding early adapt drawing on bilingualism as an example. Three adaptations, each relevant demands abstracting structure are introduced. Each adaptation is discussed context evidence attesting shifts basic psychological processes learners. This converges notion environment broadly. Downstream consequences broader sampling perception learning discussed. Finally, recommendations future expand scientific narrative impact diverse provided. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Язык: Английский

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Language as a modulator to cognitive and neurological systems

Acta Psychologica, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 254, С. 104803 - 104803

Опубликована: Фев. 17, 2025

Язык: Английский

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When Language Background Does Not Matter: Both Mono‐ and Bilingual Children Use Mutual Exclusivity and Pragmatic Context to Learn Novel Words

Developmental Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 28(3)

Опубликована: Март 11, 2025

ABSTRACT Do mono‐ and bilingual children differ in the way they learn novel words ambiguous settings? Listeners may resolve referential ambiguity by assuming that refer to unknown, rather than known, objects–a response known as mutual exclusivity effect . Past research suggested bilinguals with regard this disambiguation strategy, perhaps because, across languages, bilinguals’ experience contradicts one‐to‐one mappings of label referent. Another line a advantage resolving ambiguity, based on advanced pragmatic skills. Here, we examine both these claims preregistered study comparable samples 3‐year‐olds ( n = 74) adults 86). We tested referent retention two tasks: In Mutual‐Exclusivity task, speaker used presence an unknown object. Pragmatic she another objects participants could infer from context referred object was new their discourse. Mono‐ were equally successful inferring correct label‐referent links tasks retained them after delay. These findings indicate different language backgrounds can develop same strategies skills words. Children use lexical knowledge socio‐cognitive meanings words, irrespective whether are acquiring one or more languages.

Язык: Английский

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Speech Sound Production in Australian English–Dutch Bilingual Children

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 12

Опубликована: Март 26, 2025

Purpose: Determining if suspected speech errors in bilingual children are due to language acquisition or a sound disorder is challenging for speech-language pathologists (SLPs). This study investigates how the productions of nonword imitation (NWI) tasks English–Dutch differ from other tasks, both direct comparison and relative norm data. Method: Seventy-seven typically developing Australian aged 4–12 years participated this study. All completed Dutch test battery called Computer Articulation Instrument. Data on exposure were collected through parent/caregiver questionnaires. Results: The scored lower than data picture-naming consistency task but not NWI diadochokinesis tasks. Specific phonological processes more evident children, these patterns differed according task. revealed unique pattern production children. Conclusions: results confirm that may be most neutral. Detailed error analysis indicates SLPs assessing should pay attention voice onset time, fricatives, vowels.

Язык: Английский

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Using Parent Report to Measure Vocabulary in Young Bilingual Children: A Scoping Review

Language Learning, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 74(2), С. 468 - 505

Опубликована: Ноя. 21, 2023

Abstract A large number of children are exposed to more than one language. One well‐established method assessing early vocabulary development in monolingual is parent report; however, its use bilingual/multilingual contexts less established and brings unique challenges. In this methodological scoping review, we reviewed studies using report with (January 1980–March 2022). total 576 articles were screened, yielding 101 for analysis. The on has grown the last two decades; yet representation world's languages remains sparse. majority assessed children's each language used instruments adapted linguistic cultural characteristics. However, field could benefit from standardized reporting practices regarding definitions bi/multilingualism, selection reporters, tool critical need that develop, validate, norm specifically case.

Язык: Английский

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Third language phonological acquisition: Understanding sound structure in a multilingual world

Language and Linguistics Compass, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 17(5)

Опубликована: Июль 27, 2023

Abstract The field of third language acquisition has gathered increased attention over the last three decades. However, phonological in an L3 is still relatively understudied within field, despite there likely being a billion people regularly using worldwide. In this paper, we review experimental and theoretical studies sequential to date aim give implications for future research, laying groundwork advances area. According reviewed studies, it necessary adapt previous second phonology models (i.e. SLM/SLM‐r, PAM/PAM‐L2, L2LP) into research. Additionally, essential expand research scope time scale reflect linguistic diversity, age education background participants, processes learning.

Язык: Английский

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Cognates are advantaged over non-cognates in early bilingual expressive vocabulary development

Journal of Child Language, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 51(3), С. 596 - 615

Опубликована: Дек. 13, 2023

Bilinguals need to learn two words for most concepts. These are called translation equivalents, and those that also sound similar (e.g., banana-

Язык: Английский

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Infants’ knowledge of individual words: Investigating links between parent report and looking time

Опубликована: Апрель 16, 2024

Assessing early vocabulary development commonly involves parent report methods and behavioral tasks like looking-while-listening. While both yield reliable aggregate scores, findings are mixed regarding their reliability in measuring infants' knowledge of individual words. Using archival data from 126 monolingual bilingual 14–31-month-olds, we further examined links across these at the word level, while controlling for potentially confounding child-level factors. When were averaged child performance on looking-while-listening task correlated well with parent-reported production same words, as expected. However, mixed-effects model comparisons suggested that was significantly predicted by age total productive vocabulary, but not a once factors controlled for. These invite careful consideration adequacy two popular capturing children's idiosyncratic

Язык: Английский

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Cognates are advantaged over non-cognates in early bilingual expressive vocabulary development

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2022

Bilinguals need to learn two words for most concepts. These are called translation equivalents, and those that also sound similar (e.g., banana—banane) cognates. Research has consistently shown children adults process name cognates more easily than non-cognates. The present study explored if there is such an advantage cognate production in bilinguals’ early vocabulary development. Using longitudinal expressive data collected from 47 English–French bilinguals starting at 16–20 months up 27 (a total of 219 monthly administrations both English French), results showed overall produced a greater proportion non-cognates on the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories. findings suggest learning facilitated bilingual Just as monolinguals, these phonological overlap supports language acquisition.

Язык: Английский

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