TY - GEN
T1 - The bilingual advantage in the language processing domain : evidence from the Verbal Fluency Task
AU - Pino Escobar, Gloria
AU - Kalashnikova, Marina
AU - Escudero, Paola
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - ![CDATA[Several cognitive advantages in the non-verbal domain have been associated with bilingualism. However, it remains debated whether this advantage also extends to the language processing domain in bilingual children. To assess this, monolingual and bilingual eight-year-old children performed a letter (or phonemic) and a category (or semantic) Verbal Fluency Task (VFT) in order to observe executive functioning under language processing demands. Results showed that bilinguals significantly outperformed monolinguals in both versions of the VFT, demonstrating enhanced lexical processing abilities for bilinguals. These findings will be discussed in view of the bilingual advantage controversy.]]
AB - ![CDATA[Several cognitive advantages in the non-verbal domain have been associated with bilingualism. However, it remains debated whether this advantage also extends to the language processing domain in bilingual children. To assess this, monolingual and bilingual eight-year-old children performed a letter (or phonemic) and a category (or semantic) Verbal Fluency Task (VFT) in order to observe executive functioning under language processing demands. Results showed that bilinguals significantly outperformed monolinguals in both versions of the VFT, demonstrating enhanced lexical processing abilities for bilinguals. These findings will be discussed in view of the bilingual advantage controversy.]]
KW - bilingualism in children
KW - executive functions (neuropsychology)
KW - attention
KW - verbal behavior
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:39898
UR - https://assta.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SST2016_Proceedings.pdf
M3 - Conference Paper
SP - 129
EP - 132
BT - Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, 6-9 December 2016, Parramatta, Australia
PB - Australian Speech Science & Technology Association
T2 - Australasian International Conference on Speech Science
Y2 - 6 December 2016
ER -