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Lexical Transfer and Second Language Morphological Development.
Hancin-Bhatt, Barbara; Nagy, William
Applied Psycholinguistics, v15 n3 p289-310 Sep 1994
A total of 196 Latino bilingual students in grades 4, 6, and 8 were asked to give the Spanish equivalent for English words, some of which had derivational and inflectional suffixes. The results indicated that the students' ability to translate cognates increased with age above and beyond any increase in their vocabulary knowledge in Spanish and English. (Contains 31 references.) (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bilingual Students, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8, Hispanic Americans, Linguistic Borrowing, Morphology (Languages), Second Language Learning, Spanish, Suffixes, Transfer of Training, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills
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