"Which Mouse Kissed the Frog?" Effects of Age of Onset, Length of Exposure, and Knowledge of Case Marking on the Comprehension of "Wh"-Questions in German-Speaking Simultaneous and Early Sequential Bilingual Children

Autor/inn/en	Roesch, Anne Dorothee; Chondrogianni, Vasiliki
Titel	"Which Mouse Kissed the Frog?" Effects of Age of Onset, Length of Exposure, and Knowledge of Case Marking on the Comprehension of "Wh"-Questions in German-Speaking Simultaneous and Early Sequential Bilingual Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 43 (2016) 3, S.635-661 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000916000015
Schlagwörter	Listening Comprehension; German; Bilingualism; Young Children; Age; Second Language Learning; Differences; Knowledge Level; Accuracy; Error Patterns; Syntax + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hörverständnis; Deutscher; Bilingualismus; Frühe Kindheit; Alter; Lebensalter; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Unterscheiden; Wissensbasis; Fehlertyp
Abstract	Studies examining age of onset (AoO) effects in childhood bilingualism have provided mixed results as to whether early sequential bilingual children (eL2) differ from simultaneous bilingual children (2L1) and L2 children on the acquisition of morphosyntax. Differences between the three groups have been attributed to other factors such as length of exposure (LoE), language abilities, and the phenomenon to be acquired. The present study investigates whether four- to five-year-old German-speaking eL2 children differ from 2L1 children on the acquisition of "wh"-questions, and whether these differences can be explained by AoO, LoE, and/or knowledge of case marking. The 2L1 children outperformed the eL2 children in terms of accuracy; however, both bilingual groups exhibited similar error patterns. This suggests that 2L1 and eL2 bilingual children are sensitive to the same morphosyntactic cues, when comprehending "wh"-questions. Finally, children's performance on the different types of "wh"-questions was explained by a combination of knowledge of case marking, LoE, and AoO. (As Provided).
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