A CDI Study of Bilingual English-Hebrew Children--Frequency of Exposure as a Major Source of Variation

Autor/inn/en	Armon-Lotem, Sharon; Ohana, Odelya
Titel	A CDI Study of Bilingual English-Hebrew Children--Frequency of Exposure as a Major Source of Variation
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 20 (2017) 2, S.201-217 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
DOI	10.1080/13670050.2016.1179257
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; French; Child Language; Semitic Languages; Language Attitudes; Language Acquisition; Second Language Learning; Language Minorities; Parent Attitudes; Check Lists; Questionnaires; Language Maintenance; At Risk Persons; Language Impairments; Language Tests; Linguistic Input; Language Skills; Measures (Individuals); Vocabulary Development; Case Studies; Infants; Toddlers; Statistical Analysis; Individual Differences; Foreign Countries; Israel; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Französisch; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Sprachverhalten; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachminderheit; Elternverhalten; Checkliste; Fragebogen; Sprachpflege; Risikogruppe; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Language test; Sprachtest; Sprachbildung; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Messdaten; Wortschatzarbeit; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Statistische Analyse; Individueller Unterschied; Ausland
Abstract	The present study explores the vocabulary development of bilingual children when neither of their languages has a minority language status. With both languages having high relative prestige, it is possible to address the impact of exposure variables: age of onset, length of exposure, and frequency of exposure (FoE) to both languages. Parents of 40 English-Hebrew bilingual children, from mid-high socio-economic status, completed the vocabulary checklist of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) [Fenson et al. 1991. "MacArthur-Bates CDI Words and Sentences." Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing], its Hebrew adaptation [Maital et al. 2000. "The Hebrew CDI: Language Specific Properties and Cross-Linguistic Generalizations." "Journal of Child Language" 27: 43-67], and a background questionnaire. Two-thirds of the children showed balanced bilingualism, reflecting the relatively higher prestige of the two languages. FoE emerged as the major exposure variable, other than chronological age that contributes to the maintenance of L1 and acquisition of L2 by bilinguals who are dominant in one of their languages. Analysis of individual data shows how using a bilingual CDI can help identify children who are at risk for Specific Language Impairment, testing both languages and generating provisional bilingual norms, or using conceptual vocabulary with monolingual norms. (As Provided).
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