Vocabulary Production in Toddlers from Low-Income Immigrant Families: Evidence from Children Exposed to Romanian-Italian and Nigerian English-Italian

Autor/inn/en	Barachetti, Chiara; Majorano, Marinella; Rossi, Germano; Antolini, Elena; Zerbato, Rosanna; Lavelli, Manuela
Titel	Vocabulary Production in Toddlers from Low-Income Immigrant Families: Evidence from Children Exposed to Romanian-Italian and Nigerian English-Italian
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 49 (2022) 2, S.408-421 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000921000222
Schlagwörter	Toddlers; Vocabulary Development; Romance Languages; Italian; Bilingualism; Correlation; Native Language; Second Language Learning; Transfer of Training; Expressive Language; Immigrants; English; Language Variation; Translation; Language Skills; Measures (Individuals); Low Income Groups; Phonology; Language Classification; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Wortschatzarbeit; Romanische Sprache; Italienisch; Bilingualismus; Korrelation; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; English language; Englisch; Sprachenvielfalt; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Messdaten; Fonologie; Sprachtypologie
Abstract	The relationship between first and second language in early vocabulary acquisition in bilingual children is still debated in the literature. This study compared the expressive vocabulary of 39 equivalently low-SES two-year-old bilingual children from immigrant families with different heritage languages (Romanian vs. Nigerian English) and the same majority language (Italian). Vocabulary size, vocabulary composition and translation equivalents (TEs) were assessed using the Italian/L1 versions of the CDI. Higher vocabulary in Italian than in the heritage language emerged in both groups. Moreover, Romanian-Italian-speaking children produced higher proportions of TEs than Nigerian English-Italian-speaking children, suggesting that L1-L2 phonological similarity facilitates the acquisition of cross-linguistic synonyms. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01