Category-Generation Performance of Bilingual Children: The Influence of Condition, Category, and Language

A study examined how 44 bilingual (Spanish-English) children (ages 4-7) used taxonomic versus slot-filler strategies in a category-generation task presented in both languages. Younger bilingual children generated approximately equal numbers of items in both conditions, however, older bilingual child...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of speech, language, and hearing research language, and hearing research, 2002-10, Vol.45 (5), p.938-947
Main Authors: Pena, Elizabeth D, Bedore, Lisa M, Zlatic-Giunta, Rebecca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Differences
Bilingual children
Bilingual education
Bilingual Students
Bilingualism
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Children & youth
Classification
Cognition & reasoning
Cultural aspects
Culture
Development. Senescence. Regeneration. Transplantation
Developmental Stages
Ear and associated structures. Auditory pathways and centers. Hearing. Vocal organ. Phonation. Sound production. Echolocation
English language
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Grade 2
Humans
Language Acquisition
Language Impairments
Lexical categories
Male
Methods
Multilingualism
Preschool Children
Preschool Education
Primary Education
Semantic networks
Semantics
Spanish language
Spanish Speaking
Urban Schools
USA
Verbal Behavior
Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Development
Young children
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:A study examined how 44 bilingual (Spanish-English) children (ages 4-7) used taxonomic versus slot-filler strategies in a category-generation task presented in both languages. Younger bilingual children generated approximately equal numbers of items in both conditions, however, older bilingual children were beginning to demonstrate a taxonomic bias. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
ISSN:1092-4388
1558-9102
DOI:10.1044/1092-4388(2002/076)