Effects of Second Language on Motion Event Lexicalization: Comparison of Bilingual and Monolingual Children's Frog Story Narratives

Autor/in	Aktan-Erciyes, Asli
Titel	Effects of Second Language on Motion Event Lexicalization: Comparison of Bilingual and Monolingual Children's Frog Story Narratives
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 16 (2020) 3, S.1127-1145 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Aktan-Erciyes, Asli)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Native Language; Bilingualism; Turkish; Verbs; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Motion; Monolingualism; Picture Books; Narration; Oral Language; Age Differences; Comparative Analysis; Contrastive Linguistics; Elementary School Students; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Expressive Language; Receptive Language; Foreign Countries; Turkey; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Türkisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Bewegungsablauf; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Wortschatz; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	This study investigates how children lexicalize motion event patterns in their first and second languages, L1- Turkish and L2-English. English is a satellite-framed language that conflates motion with manner expressed in the main verb and path in a non-verbal element, whereas Turkish is a verb-framed language that conflates motion with path in the main verb and expresses manner in a subordinated verb. We asked whether: (1) learning a second language had an effect on children's event descriptions in their first language; and (2) the effects were bidirectional. One-hundred-and-twelve 5- and 7-year-old monolingual (L1-Turkish) and bilingual (L1-Turkish; L2-English) children participated. Participants produced narratives for wordless picture book, "Frog, where are you?" Six scenes of the book were selected for coding purposes as they represented motion events: (1) Frog's exit from the jar; (2) Dog's fall from the window; (3) Gopher popping out of the hole; (4) Owl's exit from a nest; (5) Boy and dog falling down; and (6) Boy and dog landing in a pond. For L1 descriptions, 5-year-old bilinguals used more manner-only and less path-only descriptions than monolinguals; no difference was found for 7-year-olds. For L2 descriptions, bilingual children used less Manner-only and more Path-only expressions in their L2 narratives. compared to L1 narratives. These findings suggest that for 5-year-olds, exposure to second language had an impact on how motion events are encoded. Results inform us about the early interactions between L1 and L2 in motion event lexicalization. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01