Macrostructure in narratives produced by Lebanese Arabic-French bilingual children

IF 1.8 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Rachel Fiani, Guillemette Henry, P. Prévost
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Abstract

Studies of macrostructure in bilingual children investigated potential age and language effects, without systematically taking into account bilingualism factors such as language dominance, exposure to narratives, and general language abilities. These issues were addressed in a study of macrostructure production by 69 bilingual Lebanese Arabic-French children aged 4–9. The children were administered the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives in the tell mode and a standardized conceptual vocabulary test. Parental questionnaires were also used to gather information on language exposure and use. Age effects and limited effects of language were found for all measures of macrostructure production (story structure, structural complexity and use of internal state terms). Significant correlations arose between these measures, vocabulary scores, and age, and between structural complexity scores and language dominance. Regression analyses revealed the predictive role of vocabulary in the development of macrostructure. These results are compatible with the idea that macrostructure is not language dependent. They also suggest that minimal language skills are needed for expressing macrostructure. The limited impact of bilingualism factors could stem from the fact that French and Lebanese Arabic are majority languages in Lebanon, meaning that the children had received continuous exposure to both languages, including within the school system.
黎巴嫩阿拉伯-法语双语儿童叙事中的宏观结构
对双语儿童宏观结构的研究调查了潜在的年龄和语言影响,没有系统地考虑双语因素,如语言优势、接触叙事和一般语言能力。69名4-9岁的黎巴嫩-阿拉伯-法国双语儿童在一项关于宏观结构产生的研究中解决了这些问题。孩子们接受了讲述模式的多语言叙述评估工具和标准化的概念词汇测试。家长问卷也被用来收集有关语言接触和使用的信息。在宏观结构生产的所有衡量标准(故事结构、结构复杂性和内部状态术语的使用)中,都发现了语言的年龄效应和有限效应。这些测量、词汇得分和年龄之间以及结构复杂性得分和语言优势之间存在显著相关性。回归分析揭示了词汇在宏观结构发展中的预测作用。这些结果与宏观结构不依赖于语言的观点是一致的。他们还认为,表达宏观结构需要最低限度的语言技能。双语因素的有限影响可能源于法语和黎巴嫩阿拉伯语是黎巴嫩的主要语言,这意味着儿童不断接触这两种语言,包括在学校系统内。
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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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