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Nonverbal Switching Ability of Monolingual and Bilingual Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder
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In: Languages; Volume 7; Issue 2; Pages: 108 (2022)
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Bilingualism is associated with enhanced switching skills, while a developmental language disorder (DLD) may negatively impact switching ability. However, both studies with bilinguals as well as studies including children with DLD have revealed mixed results. Moreover, the interaction of bilingualism and DLD has not been addressed and the origin of the stronger or weaker switching performance is unknown. The current study aimed to fill these gaps. Monolingual and bilingual children with and without DLD (n = 32 in each of the four groups) completed a nonverbal color/shape switching task when they were 7 to 8 years old, and a Continuous Performance Task two years earlier. The latter tapped into their response inhibition and sustained attention skills, which may underlie switching ability. No differences between monolinguals and bilinguals were found on the switching task. Children with DLD had higher mixing costs than peers without DLD, which was driven by differences in sustained attention skills. These results add to the body of research indicating that the cognitive advantages of bilingualism are unstable. Additionally, the results substantiate the hypothesis that attention processes are foundational for complex cognitive skills, such as switching, and suggest cascading effects for children with weaker attention skills, such as children with DLD.
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Keyword:
bilingualism; developmental language disorder; executive functioning; response inhibition; sustained attention; switching
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URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7020108
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Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN) adapted for use in Dutch [Online resource]
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In: New language versions of MAIN: Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives - revised / Natalia Gagarina & Josefin Lindgren (Eds.). Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft: ZAS papers in linguistics ; Nr. 64 (2020), 51-56
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Where to use a nonfinite clause? An experiment on the use of verb forms in early Dutch and English child language
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In: http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex/GALA2001.pdf (2001)
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Address for correspondence:
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In: http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex/gender-nov2007-integraal.pdf
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On the Use and Interpretation of Root Infinitives in Early Child Dutch
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In: http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex/ModalChildRIs.pdf
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Linguistic variables
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In: http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex/Poster_Buda_handout.pdf
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Signs of a developing grammar: subject drop and inflection in early child Dutch
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In: http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex/Subjects.pdf
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2005) “Verbal inflection and verb placement in first and second language acquisition
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In: http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex/LC_proceedings.pdf
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