Monolingual and bilingual children's resolution of referential conflicts: Effects of bilingualism and relative language proficiency

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dc.audienceScience
dc.contributor.authorVerhagen, Josje
dc.contributor.authorGrassmann, Susanne
dc.contributor.authorKüntay, Aylin
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-13T08:31:09Z
dc.date.available2017-01-13T08:31:09Z
dc.date.issued2017-03
dc.description.abstractMonolingual children follow pointing over labeling when these are in conflict in object selection tasks. Specifically, when a speaker labels one object, but points at another object, monolinguals select the object pointed at. Here, we ask whether (i) bilingual children show the same behavior as monolinguals and (ii) relative language proficiency affects bilinguals’ conflict resolution. 35 monolingual and 32 bilingual two- to four-year-olds performed an experiment involving a conflict between pointing and labeling. The bilinguals were tested in Dutch and in English. The bilinguals had a stronger preference for pointing over labeling and selected both objects less often than the monolinguals. Point following was stronger in the bilinguals’ weaker language than in their stronger language. These results support earlier findings on bilinguals’ increased sensitivity to socio-pragmatic cues and weaker reliance on mutual exclusivity, and show that previously acquired language knowledge affects how children weigh socio-pragmatic and lexical cues.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cogdev.2016.10.003
dc.identifier.issn0885-2014
dc.identifier.issn1879-226X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11654/23825
dc.issue41
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofCognitive Developmenten_US
dc.subjectReference resolutionen_US
dc.subjectBilingualismen_US
dc.subjectNon-verbal communicationen_US
dc.subjectPointingen_US
dc.subjectLabelingen_US
dc.subjectRelative language proficiencyen_US
dc.subject.ddc400 - Sprache, Linguistikde
dc.subject.ddc150 - Psychologiede
dc.titleMonolingual and bilingual children's resolution of referential conflicts: Effects of bilingualism and relative language proficiency
dc.type01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
dc.volume2017
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fhnw.affiliation.hochschulePädagogische Hochschulede_CH
fhnw.affiliation.institutInstitut Forschung und Entwicklungde_CH
fhnw.pagination10-18
fhnw.publicationOnlineJa
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