Early Vocabulary in Two Varieties of South American Spanish: Quantitative and Qualitative Differences

Autor/inn/en	Resches, Mariela; Junyent, Andrea; Fernández-Flecha, María; Blume, María; Kohan-Cortada, Ana
Titel	Early Vocabulary in Two Varieties of South American Spanish: Quantitative and Qualitative Differences
Quelle	In: First Language, 43 (2023) 5, S.566-590 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Resches, Mariela) ORCID (Junyent, Andrea) ORCID (Fernández-Flecha, María) ORCID (Blume, María)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7237
DOI	10.1177/01427237231177573
Schlagwörter	Vocabulary Development; Gender Differences; Nouns; Language Variation; Spanish; Toddlers; Foreign Countries; Cross Cultural Studies; Expressive Language; Mothers; Educational Attainment; Parent Child Relationship; Cultural Differences; Linguistic Input; Language Acquisition; Social Influences; Peru; Argentina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wortschatzarbeit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sprachenvielfalt; Spanisch; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Ausland; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Mother; Mutter; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Kultureller Unterschied; Sprachbildung; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Sozialer Einfluss; Argentinien
Abstract	This article presents a cross-cultural comparison of the size and composition of the expressive vocabulary of young children speaking two dialectal varieties of South American Spanish. Ninety-one Peruvian and 91 Argentinian toddlers (mean age: 22.5 months), matched on gender, age and maternal education, were assessed through the respective adaptations of the "MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories." Results revealed a vocabulary growth compatible with a spurt in both groups. A marginally significant country-by-gender interaction indicated that while Argentinian children exhibited an accelerated lexical growth before age 2;0 regardless of gender, only Peruvian girls did so; Peruvian boys presented a more gradual and later increase. We also found between-group qualitative differences in vocabulary composition: Argentinian toddlers with vocabularies of up to 100 words exhibited a significantly higher proportion of Nouns, while Peruvian children, especially those with a lexical mass under 50 words, had a higher percentage of Social words. Both findings are discussed in terms of possible cross-cultural differences linked to input quality and early interactions, and avenues for further research are proposed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01