Exploring the effects of word features on French immersion children's ability to deconstruct morphologically complex words

Q1 Arts and Humanities

Writing Systems Research Pub Date : 2015-07-03 DOI:10.1080/17586801.2014.943645

Kathleen Hipfner-Boucher, Katie Lam, Xi Chen, S. Deacon

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The present study investigated factors influencing the ability to decompose multimorphemic words in French in non-francophone children educated in French. In particular, we focused on the effects of two word features: English-French cognate status and base frequency. We also examined the effect of child language background (English first language (EL1) versus English second language (ELL)) on performance. In two related studies, children in grades 1 to 3 completed a translation task requiring them to match morphologically complex words in French and English. Target words were manipulated with respect to cognate status and base frequency. Overall, performance was found to improve over time and to be influenced by cognate status and word frequency. Across all grades, EL1 and ELL children were comparable on task performance. Taken together, these results suggest that French immersion students' ability to deconstruct words and extract morphemes in French is influenced by the presence of cognates, as well as base frequency.

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探讨单词特征对法语浸泡儿童解构复杂词形单词能力的影响

本研究旨在探讨法语教育下的非法语儿童分解法语多形词能力的影响因素。我们特别关注了两个单词特征的影响:英语-法语同源状态和基频。我们还研究了儿童语言背景(英语第一语言(EL1)和英语第二语言(ELL))对表现的影响。在两个相关的研究中，一到三年级的孩子完成了一项翻译任务，要求他们匹配法语和英语中词形复杂的单词。目标词在同源状态和基频方面被操纵。总的来说，人们的表现会随着时间的推移而提高，并受到同源词状态和词频的影响。在所有年级中，一年级和二年级儿童在任务表现上具有可比性。综上所述，这些结果表明，法语浸入式学生在法语中解构单词和提取语素的能力受到同源词和基频的影响。

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