Lexical processing and organization in bilingual first language acquisition: Guiding future research.
Lexical processing and organization in bilingual first language acquisition: Guiding future research.
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双语第一语言获取中的词汇处理和组织:指导未来的研究。
DOI:
10.1037/bul0000042
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发表时间:
2016-06
影响因子:
22.4
通讯作者:
Friend M
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作者:
DeAnda S;Poulin-Dubois D;Zesiger P;Friend M
A rich body of work in adult bilinguals documents an interconnected lexical network across languages, such that early word retrieval is language independent. This literature has yielded a number of influential models of bilingual semantic memory. However, extant models provide limited predictions about the emergence of lexical organization in bilingual first language acquisition (BFLA). Empirical evidence from monolingual infants suggests that lexical networks emerge early in development as children integrate phonological and semantic information. These findings tell us little about the interaction between two languages in the early bilingual memory. To date, an understanding of when and how languages interact in early bilingual development is lacking. In this literature review, we present research documenting lexical-semantic development across monolingual and bilingual infants. This is followed by a discussion of current models of bilingual language representation and organization and their ability to account for the available empirical evidence. Together, these theoretical and empirical accounts inform and highlight unexplored areas of research and guide future work on early bilingual memory.