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Marini, Andrea; Eliseeva, Nadezda; Fabbro, Franco – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2019
The present study aimed at investigating whether L2 learning affects phonological short-term and working memory and first language (L1) development. The performance of a group of 31 4- to-5-year-old sequential bilinguals attending an International School on tasks assessing phonological short-term and working memory and linguistic performance in L1…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory, Phonology, Cognitive Development
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Cattani, Allegra; Floccia, Caroline; Kidd, Evan; Pettenati, Paola; Onofrio, Daniela; Volterra, Virginia – Language Learning, 2019
We report on an analysis of spontaneous gesture production in 2-year-old children who come from three countries (Italy, United Kingdom, Australia) and who speak two languages (Italian, English), in an attempt to tease apart the influence of language and culture when comparing children from different cultural and linguistic environments.…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Toddlers, Cross Cultural Studies, Italian
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Majorano, Marinella; Vihman, Marilyn M.; DePaolis, Rory A. – Language Learning and Development, 2014
The early relationship between children's emerging articulatory abilities and their capacity to process speech input was investigated, following recent studies with English-learning infants. Twenty-six monolingual Italian-learning infants were tested at 6 months (no consistent and stable use of consonants, or vocal motor schemes [VMS]) and at the…
Descriptors: Infants, Language Processing, Italian, Monolingualism
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Arosio, Fabrizio; Guasti, Maria Teresa; Stucchi, Natale – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2011
We investigated the role of number agreement on verb and of animacy in the comprehension of subject and object relative clauses in 51 monolingual Italian-speaking children, mean age 9:33, tested through a self-paced listening experiment with a final comprehension question. A "digit span test" and a "listening span test" were…
Descriptors: Verbs, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Monolingualism, Memory