Chapter published in:
Dynamics of Linguistic DiversityEdited by Hagen Peukert and Ingrid Gogolin
[Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity 6] 2017
► pp. 125–142
Bilingual lexicon development in German in preschool children with the home languages Russian and Turkish
Natalia Gagarina | Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin Germany
Dorothea Posse | Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin Germany
Stefanie Gey | Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin Germany
Felix Golcher | Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin Germany
Nathalie Topaj | Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin Germany
The present study examined the development of lexical abilities in German in Turkish-/Russian-German bilinguals. In particular, the effect of the age of onset and the socio-economic status, identified through self-reported parental education and occupation, on the productive and perceptive lexicon – verbs and nouns – was investigated. Two groups, one with 39 Russian-German and one with 55 Turkish-German simultaneous and sequential bilinguals from Berlin nursery schools, participated in the study. The age range was 26 to 47 months (mean age: 38.5 months, Standard Deviation (SD) = 5.8). The age of onset ranged from 0 to 39 months (mean age of onset: 21.0 months, SD = 9.9) and did not differ significantly in both investigated groups. The mean length of exposure to German was 17.5 months (SD = 9.3). The results showed that age of onset negatively impacts the productive lexicon of both groups. Russian-speaking children were somewhat better in the development of the perceptive lexicon in German. No effects for parental education and occupation were found. The results are discussed with respect to sensitivity and age of acquisition, and possible differences in the home language environment of Turkish and Russian bilinguals.
Keywords: environment language German, L1 Russian, L1 Turkish, early sequential and simultaneous bilinguals, lexicon, elicited narratives, socio-economic status
Published online: 24 May 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/hsld.6.07gag
https://doi.org/10.1075/hsld.6.07gag
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