Prediction during spoken language processing in monolingual and multilingual children

IF 1.8 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Jasmijn E. Bosch, F. Foppolo
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Abstract

Listeners use linguistic cues to anticipate upcoming words, but not all do so to the same extent. While we know that monolingual children use prediction during spoken language processing from a young age and that adult L2 speakers may sometimes be slower, very few studies have focused on bilingual or multilingual children. Moreover, previous research suggests that literacy boosts anticipation in spoken language processing, but this has not been tested yet in bi/multilinguals. We investigated linguistic prediction and its relation to reading and vocabulary skills in 38 eight- to twelve-year-old bilingual and multilingual children who speak different heritage languages and Italian as the majority language, in comparison to 32 age-matched monolingual Italian children. Using a visual world eye tracking method, we tested children’s ability to anticipate nouns based on morphosyntactic cues (gender- and number-marked articles) in Italian. The results show efficient prediction in both groups, although monolinguals were faster than bi/multilinguals. While we found a positive relation between predictive language processing and reading in monolingual children, there were no reliable effects in bilingual and multilingual children. Future work is required to better understand the relation between prediction and literacy in this population.
单语和多语儿童口语加工过程中的预测
听者使用语言线索来预测即将出现的词语,但并非所有听者都能在同样程度上做到这一点。我们知道,单语儿童从小就会在口语处理过程中使用预测,而成年的第二语言使用者有时可能会慢一些,但很少有研究关注双语或多语儿童。此外,以前的研究表明,识字可以提高口语处理过程中的预测能力,但这一点还没有在双语或多语儿童中进行过测试。我们对 38 名 8 至 12 岁的双语和多语儿童的语言预测及其与阅读和词汇技能的关系进行了调查,这些儿童使用不同的遗产语言和作为主要语言的意大利语,并与 32 名年龄匹配的单语意大利儿童进行了对比。我们采用视觉世界眼动跟踪法,测试了儿童根据意大利语的形态句法线索(标有性别和数字的冠词)预测名词的能力。结果显示,两组儿童的预测能力都很高,但单语儿童比双语/多语儿童更快。虽然我们发现预测性语言处理与单语儿童的阅读之间存在积极关系,但在双语和多语儿童中却没有可靠的影响。今后的工作需要更好地了解预测与这一人群的读写能力之间的关系。
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Linguistic Approaches To Bilingualism
Linguistic Approaches To Bilingualism Social Sciences-Linguistics and Language
CiteScore
3.20
自引率
9.10%
发文量
24
期刊介绍: LAB provides an outlet for cutting-edge, contemporary studies on bilingualism. LAB assumes a broad definition of bilingualism, including: adult L2 acquisition, simultaneous child bilingualism, child L2 acquisition, adult heritage speaker competence, L1 attrition in L2/Ln environments, and adult L3/Ln acquisition. LAB solicits high quality articles of original research assuming any cognitive science approach to understanding the mental representation of bilingual language competence and performance, including cognitive linguistics, emergentism/connectionism, generative theories, psycholinguistic and processing accounts, and covering typical and atypical populations.
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