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

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Title: Vocabulary Production in Toddlers from Low-Income Immigrant Families: Evidence from Children Exposed to Romanian-Italian and Nigerian English-Italian
Language: English
Authors: Barachetti, Chiara, Majorano, Marinella, Rossi, Germano, Antolini, Elena, Zerbato, Rosanna, Lavelli, Manuela
Source: Journal of Child Language. Mar 2022 49(2):408-421.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 14
Publication Date: 2022
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: 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
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000921000222
ISSN: 0305-0009
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.
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Entry Date: 2022
Accession Number: EJ1325491
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