Does the Native Language Influence Lexical Composition in Very Preterm Children at the Age of Two Years? A Cross-Linguistic Comparison Study of Italian and Finnish Children

Autor/inn/en	Stolt, Suvi; Savini, Silvia; Guarini, Annalisa; Caselli, Maria Cristina; Matomäki, Jaakko; Lapinleimu, Helena; Haataja, Leena; Lehtonen, Liisa; Alessandroni, Rosina; Faldella, Giacomo; Sansavini, Alessandra
Titel	Does the Native Language Influence Lexical Composition in Very Preterm Children at the Age of Two Years? A Cross-Linguistic Comparison Study of Italian and Finnish Children
Quelle	In: First Language, 37 (2017) 4, S.368-390 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7237
DOI	10.1177/0142723717698006
Schlagwörter	Native Language; Finno Ugric Languages; Italian; Language Skills; Measures (Individuals); Contrastive Linguistics; Mothers; Educational Attainment; Language Usage; Vocabulary Development; Premature Infants; Nouns; Statistical Analysis; Toddlers; Language Acquisition; Foreign Countries; Cognitive Development; Italy; Finland; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Italienisch; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Messdaten; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Mother; Mutter; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Sprachgebrauch; Wortschatzarbeit; Frühgeburt; Statistische Analyse; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Ausland; Kognitive Entwicklung; Italien; Finnland
Abstract	This cross-linguistic study investigated whether the native language has any influence on lexical composition among Italian (N = 125) and Finnish (N = 116) very preterm (born at <32 gestational weeks) children at 24 months (controls: 125 Italian and 146 Finnish full-term children). The investigation also covered the effect of maternal education (ME) on lexical composition. The Italian/Finnish MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory was used for gathering the data. Although the lexicons of the preterm children were smaller than those of the controls, the native language had no major effect on their lexical composition. The ME had a significant effect on preterm children's lexical composition, especially in the Finnish children. The findings indicate that lexical composition is not strongly affected by preterm birth. They also imply that lexical composition is a robust phenomenon that is connected to lexicon size and is not language-specific when analysed in broad terms, although some language-specific features were also detected. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01