Concreteness and Language Effects in the Quality of Written Definitions in L1, L2 and L3

Euch, Sonia El

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“…Other studies suggest that due to their lower VK, bilinguals struggle to find the superordinate terms or the general category (El Euch & De Koninck, 2006) even though the word classification follows the monolingual patterns (Gollan et al, 2005). The role of language dominance is an important factor that affects both breadth and depth of VK (El Euch & De Koninck, 2006;El Euch, 2007). Additionally, previous studies (Snow, 1990;Snow et al, 1991) have shown that bilingual children give more formal definitions in the language of their formal instruction (i.e., language of schooling).…”

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Depth of vocabulary knowledge in dominant bilingual children with different language profiles: The impact of vocabulary size and verbal working memory

2023

Psychology of Language and Communication

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Depth of vocabulary knowledge in dominant bilingual children with different language profiles: The impact of vocabulary size and verbal working memoryThe current study investigated the depth of vocabulary knowledge (VK) through word definitions, examining the effect of word characteristics, breadth of VK, and verbal working memory (VWM). Forty children (11-12 years old) participated (12 Greek-Albanian children Greek-dominant, 14 Turkish-Greek children Turkish-dominant, and 14 monolinguals). An expressive vocabulary task (breadth of VK), a word definition task (depth of VK) in Greek, and a VWM task were administered. The results revealed that monolinguals had larger vocabulary than bilinguals in Greek. Greek-Albanian children had also larger vocabulary than Turkish-Greek bilinguals. In the VWM task, monolinguals had better abilities than Turkish-Greek bilinguals. Controlling for vocabulary and VWM, few differences emerged in definitional skills. In simple concrete nouns and compound verbs, Greek-Albanian children gave more formal definitions than monolingual children, exhibiting a bilingual advantage. Finally, breadth and depth of VK correlated with VWM only in Greek-Albanian and monolingual children, indicating the impact of vocabulary on VWM performance.

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Depth of vocabulary knowledge in dominant bilingual children with different language profiles: The impact of vocabulary size and verbal working memory

2023

Psychology of Language and Communication

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“…The definitional skills have been investigated so far in the fields of education, psycholinguistics, and speech-language pathology. Previous research focused on the impact of literacy and school achievement (Artuso et al, 2021;Marinellie, 2010;Snow et al, 1989;Thorndike, Hagen, & Sattler, 1986;Watson, 1985), the effect of developmental characteristics or language impairment (Dosi & Gavriilidou, 2020;Dosi, Gavriilidou & Dourou, 2021;Gutierrez-Clellen & DeCurtis, 1999;Marinellie & Johnson, 2002) and finally the effect of first and second language (El Euch, 2007) on definitional skills.…”

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The Interaction of Variables Affecting Definitional Skills: Extending Previous Research on Word Definitions

Gavriilidou

Markos

Dourou

2022

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Background and Purpose. Given that definitional skills are closely related to literacy and reading comprehension, the purpose of this study was to extend the existing literature in definitional skills by empirically investigating the effect of new parameters that may affect word definitions and definitional types of content and form, such as grammatical categories, word structure, and semantic characteristics. Methods. The sample consisted of 5152 recorded oral definitions produced by 322 individuals (pre-schoolers, school-age children, university students, and adults), who were asked to define 16 words orally. Deﬁnitions were transcribed and scored on a six-point scale along a continuum that reflects the developmental path of the definitions. Results. The results indicated a significant interaction between grammatical category and word structure for content and form and also between word structure and semantic characteristics only for content. Furthermore, the grammatical category, word structure, and semantic characteristics were strongly associated with specific definitional types for content and form. Implications. This paper broadens our knowledge on definitional skills and offers new insights into the variables that affect the production of definitions.

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Modeling the relationship between lexico-grammatical and discourse organization skills in middle grade writers: insights into later productive language skills that support academic writing

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Uccelli²

2015

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Concreteness and Language Effects in the Quality of Written Definitions in L1, L2 and L3

Cited by 4 publications

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Depth of vocabulary knowledge in dominant bilingual children with different language profiles: The impact of vocabulary size and verbal working memory

Depth of vocabulary knowledge in dominant bilingual children with different language profiles: The impact of vocabulary size and verbal working memory

The Interaction of Variables Affecting Definitional Skills: Extending Previous Research on Word Definitions

Modeling the relationship between lexico-grammatical and discourse organization skills in middle grade writers: insights into later productive language skills that support academic writing

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