Do parents provide a helping hand to vocabulary development in bilingual children?
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DOI: 10.1017/s0305000918000594
Abstract: Abstract Monolingual children identify referents uniquely in gesture before they do so with words, and parents translate these gestures into words. Children benefit from these translations, acquiring the words that their parents translated earlier than… read more here.
Keywords: development bilingual; bilingual children; vocabulary development; monolingual children ... See more keywords
Lexical-Semantic Development in Bilingual Toddlers at 18 and 24 Months
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.508363
Abstract: An important question in early bilingual first language acquisition concerns the development of lexical-semantic associations within and across two languages. The present study investigates the earliest emergence of lexical-semantic priming at 18 and 24 months… read more here.
Keywords: lexical semantic; development bilingual; semantic development; language ... See more keywords