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Blom, Elma – Language Learning, 2019
This study investigated the influence of cognitive ability on bilingual children's vocabulary development in both their languages. Sixty-nine bilingual immigrant children participated, with data collected at three annual intervals. At Time 1, the participants were 5 or 6 years old. Receptive vocabulary was tested in the minority (Turkish, Tarifit)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Receptive Language
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Blom, Elma; Paradis, Johanne; Duncan, Tamara Sorenson – Language Learning, 2012
This study was designed to investigate the development of third-person singular (3SG) -"s" in children who learn English as a second language (L2). Adopting the usage-based perspective on the learning of inflection, we analyzed spontaneous speech samples collected from 15 English L2 children who were followed over a 2-year period.…
Descriptors: Speech, Morphemes, Word Frequency, Linguistic Input