Language-minority children's sensitivity to the semantic relations between words.

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  • Author(s): Goodrich JM;Goodrich JM; Lonigan CJ; Lonigan CJ; Lonigan CJ
  • Source:
    Journal of experimental child psychology [J Exp Child Psychol] 2018 Mar; Vol. 167, pp. 259-277. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 01.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Academic Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2985128R Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1096-0457 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00220965 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Exp Child Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: New York, NY : Academic Press
      Original Publication: New York.
    • Subject Terms:
      Language* ; Language Development* ; Multilingualism*; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Minority Groups ; Semantics
    • Abstract:
      The purpose of this study was to examine automatic language processing among Spanish-speaking language-minority children. A sample of 73 children (mean age = 90.4 months) completed two measures of semantic priming: an auditory lexical decision task and a looking-while-listening task. It was hypothesized that within- and cross-language semantic priming effects would occur but that translation priming effects would not occur. Results from vocabulary assessments indicated that language-minority children in this study were more proficient in English than they were in Spanish. Limited evidence for semantic priming effects within English and from English to Spanish emerged. In addition, substantial evidence for translation priming from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish emerged. Given the lack of within-Spanish semantic priming effects and the presence of translation priming effects from Spanish to English, the results of this study indicated that Spanish-speaking language-minority children rely on translation from their less proficient language to their more proficient language to access meaning. There was partial evidence that language-minority children's two languages are active simultaneously, indicating that early in life children develop semantic knowledge that is associated with words known in both languages.
      (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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    • Grant Information:
      U01 HD060292 United States HD NICHD NIH HHS
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Dual language learners; Language development; Language minority; Language processing; Revised hierarchical model; Semantic priming
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20171204 Date Completed: 20190211 Latest Revision: 20190301
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      PMC5750065
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.jecp.2017.11.001
    • Accession Number:
      29197782