INVESTIGATING HOW 4.5-YEAR-OLD MONOLINGUAL AND BILINGUAL CHILDREN UTILIZE THEIR CONTEXT TO INFER CONCEPTUAL MEANING
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The potential effect of bilingualism in children has been widely debated. The study investigates the potential relationship between bilingualism and the conceptual organization of 4.5-year-old children, specifically the syntagmatic-paradigmatic shift. To explore this, children are exposed to two types of lists, associative and taxonomic, in a free word association task and a novel label extension task. Bilingual children are expected to perform in a more mature pattern than monolingual children. I argue these results may highlight the accelerated shift from syntagmatic to paradigmatic organization.Type
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Degree Name
B.S.Degree Level
bachelorsDegree Program
Psychological StudiesHonors College