Gabriela Simón-Cereijido|Vera F. Gutiérrez?Clellen
A cross-linguistic and bilingual evaluation of the interdependence between lexical and grammatical domains
San Diego State University|University of California, San Diego|San Diego State University
abstract purpose study examine within acrosslanguage relationships lexical grammatical domains focusing measures lexical diversity grammatical complexity spanish english one hundred ninetysix preschool schoolaged latino children different levels english spanish proficiencies different language abilities produced narratives spanish english analyses revealed strong associations lexical number different words number different verbs grammatical measures mean length utterances words use ditransitive predicates supporting domain interdependence hypothesis within language crosslinguistic comparisons indicate greater diversity verbs ditransitive predicates spanish compared english population language samples children produced narratives two languages relationship two domains across languages lack crosslanguage correlations may related variables influencing lexical semantic development bilingual learners methodological issues considered future studies bilingual speakers discussed