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Reder, Fanny; Marec-Breton, Nathalie; Gombert, Jean-Emile; Demont, Elisabeth – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background: The awareness of the formal structure of language has been widely studied in the literature but less in a bilingualism context. Even less with second-language learners (SLL) who are acquiring their second language (L2) and are not considered as bilinguals. Aims: This study aimed at providing an investigation of young SLL's skills in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Metalinguistics, German, Monolingualism
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Boloh, Yves; Ibernon, Laure – First Language, 2013
According to a dominant thesis, nominal endings are the privileged cues French children use to determine new nouns' gender subclass. Children will rely on phonology even in cases of discordance with natural gender. Two elicited production studies involving more than 250 4- to 17-year-olds showed that while French children did not base their gender…
Descriptors: Phonology, Cues, Nouns, Masculinity