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@article{citeulike:2602970, abstract = {PURPOSE: This study examined lexical-semantic organization of bilingual children in their 2 languages and in relation to monolingual age-mates. METHOD: Twelve Mandarin-English bilingual and 12 English monolingual children generated 3 associations to each of 36 words. Responses were coded as paradigmatic (dog-cat) or syntagmatic (dog-bark). RESULTS: Within the bilingual group, word association performance was comparable and correlated between 1st and 2nd languages. Bilingual and monolingual children demonstrated similar patterns of responses, but subtle group differences were also revealed. When between-group comparisons were made on English measures, there was a bilingual advantage in paradigmatic responding during the 1st elicitation and for verbs. CONCLUSION: Results support previous studies in finding parallel development in bilinguals' 1st- and 2nd-language lexical-semantic skills and provide preliminary evidence that bilingualism may enhance paradigmatic organization of the semantic lexicon.}, address = {Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. lil-sh@northwestern.edu}, author = {Sheng, L. and McGregor, K. K. and Marian, V.}, citeulike-article-id = {2602970}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16787896}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16787896}, comment = {Interesting start, unclear procedure, not much results. the development of lexical-semantic organization: from thematic relation (event schemas, e.g., dog-bone) to taxonomic relation (category relaship, e.g.,dog-horse, animal). The parallel concepts are syntagmatic and paradigmatic. So it also is called syntagmatic-paradigmatic shift. The age maybe 5 to 8 years old. After reading the paper, I still not clear how the task of Repeated Word Association was conducted in sequenced three trials. I'm confusing the author didn't compare the propotion of two kinds of response. But from the mean, it seems still half to half, no shift. No bilingual advantage! }, issn = {1092-4388}, journal = {J Speech Lang Hear Res}, keywords = {bilingual, children, lexical, semantic}, month = {June}, number = {3}, pages = {572--587}, posted-at = {2008-05-29 19:13:25}, priority = {2}, title = {Lexical-semantic organization in bilingual children: evidence from a repeated word association task.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16787896}, volume = {49}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2602970 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2602970 N2 - PURPOSE: This study examined lexical-semantic organization of bilingual children in their 2 languages and in relation to monolingual age-mates. METHOD: Twelve Mandarin-English bilingual and 12 English monolingual children generated 3 associations to each of 36 words. Responses were coded as paradigmatic (dog-cat) or syntagmatic (dog-bark). RESULTS: Within the bilingual group, word association performance was comparable and correlated between 1st and 2nd languages. Bilingual and monolingual children demonstrated similar patterns of responses, but subtle group differences were also revealed. When between-group comparisons were made on English measures, there was a bilingual advantage in paradigmatic responding during the 1st elicitation and for verbs. CONCLUSION: Results support previous studies in finding parallel development in bilinguals' 1st- and 2nd-language lexical-semantic skills and provide preliminary evidence that bilingualism may enhance paradigmatic organization of the semantic lexicon. IS - 3 JF - J Speech Lang Hear Res SN - 1092-4388 AD - Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. lil-sh@northwestern.edu EP - 587 TI - Lexical-semantic organization in bilingual children: evidence from a repeated word association task. VL - 49 SP - 572 KW - bilingual KW - children KW - lexical KW - semantic N1 - Interesting start, unclear procedure, not much results. the development of lexical-semantic organization: from thematic relation (event schemas, e.g., dog-bone) to taxonomic relation (category relaship, e.g.,dog-horse, animal). The parallel concepts are syntagmatic and paradigmatic. So it also is called syntagmatic-paradigmatic shift. The age maybe 5 to 8 years old. After reading the paper, I still not clear how the task of Repeated Word Association was conducted in sequenced three trials. I'm confusing the author didn't compare the propotion of two kinds of response. But from the mean, it seems still half to half, no shift. No bilingual advantage! AU - Sheng, L AU - McGregor, KK AU - Marian, V PY - 2006/06// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16787896 ER -