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11791 Gray matter volume differences in bilingual compared to monolingual children
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2021 IMPACT: This study examines gray matter volume differences resulting from the bilingual experience in children and adults allowing us to better understand the brains of over half of the world’s population that speaks more than one language.
Alison K. Schug +3 more
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Languages, 2021 Bilingual children often experience difficulties with inflectional morphology. The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate how regularity of inflection in combination with verbal short-term and working memory (VSTM, VWM) influences bilingual ...
Elma Blom +2 more
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Working Memory Skills in DLD: Does Bilingualism Make a Difference?
Languages, 2022 Recent studies have reported that several cognitive domains benefit from bilingualism, including working memory. The aim of the present study is to specifically explore the effects of bilingual experience on different functions of working memory in ...
Eva Wimmer, Anna-Lena Scherger
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Does Language Make a Difference? A Study of Language Dominance and Inhibitory Control
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Although extensive research has been done to compare monolingual and bilingual children’s executive function, there are fewer studies that look at the relation between bilingual children’s languages and executive function.
Ashley Marie Salwei +1 more
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BILINGUALISM AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN A BILINGUAL FAMILY [PDF]
Listy klinické logopedie, 2017 The essay is devoted to the problematic of bilingualism and approach to the child upbringing in bilingual family environment. The accepted knowledge devoted to the problematic is resumed, together with the content of the term 'bilingualism', the particular kinds of bilingualism are approached as well as the characteristics of bilinguists speech ...
Jana Kadaníková, Karel Neubauer
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Neuroanatomical profiles of bilingual children [PDF]
Developmental Science, 2018 AbstractThe goal of the present study was to examine differences in cortical thickness, cortical surface area, and subcortical volume between bilingual children who are highly proficient in two languages (i.e., English and Spanish) and bilingual children who are mainly proficient in one of the languages (i.e., Spanish).
Archila‐Suerte, Pilar +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 According to usage-based theories, children initially acquire surface-level constructions and then abstract representations. If so, bilingual children might show lags relative to monolingual children early in acquisition, but not later on, once they rely
Elena Nicoladis, Sera Sajeev
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Determinants of Bilingualism Among Children [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014 This paper analyzes the determinants of bilingualism (i.e., speaks a language other than English at home) among children age 5 to 18 years in the American Community Survey, 2005-2011. Two groups of children are considered: those born in the US (native born) and foreign-born children who immigrated prior to age 14 (the 1.5 generation).
Chiswick, Barry R., Gindelsky, Marina
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Cognitive Advantages of Bilingual Children in Different Sociolinguistic Contexts
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Many studies have shown that bilingual children outperform monolinguals on tasks testing executive functioning, but other studies have not revealed any effect of bilingualism.
Elma Blom +6 more
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An Investigation into 4-5 Year-Old Monolingual and Bilingual Children: A Case of Comprehension and Application of Metaphorical Expressions [PDF]
̒Ilm-i Zabān, 2019 Whereas Persian bilingual children in kindergartens make their best attempts to properly apply language rules, they cannot be as successful in understanding and applying metaphorical phrases as Persian monolingual children.
saeede shoja razavi
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