Language Use Contributes to Expressive Language Growth: Evidence From Bilingual Children
Language Use Contributes to Expressive Language Growth: Evidence From Bilingual Children
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DOI：
10.1111/cdev.12770
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发表时间：
2018-05-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Burridge, Andrea
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作者：
Ribot, Krystal M.;Hoff, Erika;Burridge, Andrea
对 47 名 30 个月大的西班牙语-英语双语儿童（27 名女孩，20 名男孩）调查了语言使用（即输出）与语言发展的独特关系，这些儿童选择说哪种语言导致他们的英语输出水平不同于英语输入水平。在 30、36 和 42 个月时评估英语表达词汇和接受语言技能。纵向多级建模表明输出仅对表达词汇增长产生影响。输出特别有利于表达性语言技能的发展这一发现对于理解语言使用对单语和双语发展中语言技能的影响具有重要意义，并且可能有助于理解文化差异对儿童在与成人对话中的交谈量的影响。
The unique relation of language use (i.e., output) to language growth was investigated for forty-seven 30-month-old Spanish-English bilingual children (27 girls, 20 boys) whose choices of which language to speak resulted in their levels of English output differing from their levels of English input. English expressive vocabularies and receptive language skills were assessed at 30, 36, and 42months. Longitudinal multilevel modeling indicated an effect of output on expressive vocabulary growth only. The finding that output specifically benefits the development of expressive language skill has implications for understanding effects of language use on language skill in monolingual and bilingual development, and potentially, for understanding consequences of cultural differences in how much children are expected to talk in conversation with adults.