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Silvén, Maarit; Voeten, Marinus; Kouvo, Anna; Lundén, Maija – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
Growth modeling was applied to monolingual (N = 26) and bilingual (N = 28) word learning from 14 to 36 months. Level and growth rate of vocabulary were lower for Finnish-Russian bilinguals than for Finnish monolinguals. Processing of Finnish speech sounds at 7 but not at 11 months predicted level, but not growth rate of vocabulary in both Finnish…
Descriptors: Speech, Auditory Perception, Foreign Countries, Russian
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Westman, Martin; Korkman, Marit; Mickos, Annika; Byring, Roger – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2008
Background: A large proportion of children are exposed to more than one language, yet research on simultaneous bilingualism has been relatively sparse. Traditionally, there has been concern that bilingualism may aggravate language difficulties of children with language impairment. However, recent studies have not found specific language impairment…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Speech Communication, Language Impairments, Preschool Children