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Sheng, Li; Pena, Elizabeth D.; Bedore, Lisa M.; Fiestas, Christine E. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2012
Purpose: To examine the nature and extent of semantic deficits in bilingual children with language impairment (LI). Method: Thirty-seven Spanish-English bilingual children with LI (ranging from age 7;0 [years;months] to 9;10) and 37 typically developing (TD) age-matched peers generated 3 associations to 12 pairs of translation equivalents in…
Descriptors: Semantics, Language Impairments, Monolingualism, Spanish
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Sheng, Li; Bedore, Lisa M.; Pena, Elizabeth D.; Fiestas, Christine – Child Development, 2013
This study examines semantic development in 60 Spanish-English bilingual children, ages 7 years 3 months to 9 years 11 months, who differed orthogonally in age (younger, older) and language experience (higher English experience [HEE], higher Spanish experience [HSE]). Children produced 3 associations to 12 pairs of translation equivalents. Older…
Descriptors: Semantics, Bilingualism, Children, Age Differences