Lexical Development in Korean: Vocabulary Size, Lexical Composition, and Late Talking

Autor/inn/en	Rescorla, Leslie; Lee, Youn Mi Cathy; Oh, Kyung Ja; Kim, Young Ah
Titel	Lexical Development in Korean: Vocabulary Size, Lexical Composition, and Late Talking
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 56 (2013) 2, S.735-747 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0329)
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Korean; Vocabulary Development; Lexicology; Speech Communication; Preschool Children; Internet; Cross Cultural Studies; Cultural Differences; Nouns; English; Language Acquisition; Language Skills; Child Language; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Hypothesis Testing; South Korea; United States; Language Development Survey; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Koreanisch; Wortschatzarbeit; Lexikologie; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Kultureller Unterschied; English language; Englisch; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Korea; Republik; USA
Abstract	Purpose: In this study, the authors aimed to compare vocabulary size, lexical composition, and late talking in large samples of Korean and U.S. children ages 18-35 months. Method: Data for 2,191 Korean children (211 children recruited "offline" through preschools, and 1,980 recruited "online" via the Internet) and 274 U.S. children were obtained using the Language Development Survey (LDS). Results: Mean vocabulary size was slightly larger in the offline than the online group, but the groups were acquiring almost identical words. Mean vocabulary size did not differ by country; girls and older children had larger vocabularies in both countries. The Korean-U.S. Q correlations for percentage use of LDS words (0.53 and 0.56) indicated considerable concordance across countries in lexical composition. Noun dominance was as large in Korean lexicons as in U.S. lexicons. About half of the most commonly reported words for the Korean and U.S. children were identical. Lexicons of late talkers resembled those of typically developing younger children in the same sample. Conclusions: Despite linguistic and discourse differences between Korean and English, LDS findings indicated considerable cross-linguistic similarity with respect to vocabulary size, lexical composition, and late talking. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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