Logopedics, Vol. 5 No. 1, 2015.
Review article
Bilingual language acquisition: relation to language impairment and non-linguistic functioning
Kristina Vujnović Malivuk
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Centar za poslijediplomske studije, Jezik i kognitivna neuroznanost
Marijan Palmović
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet, Odsjek za logopediju
Abstract
Acquiring two languages from an early age has been shown to have an impact on both linguistic and non-linguistic functioning. While children who acquire two languages from birth show similar language acquisition patterns (morphosyntactic structures, first words) to those of monolingual children, some properties of language acquisition are highly specific to bilingualism. In addition to being able to communicate in two languages, bilingual children demonstrate greater cognitive flexibility, metalinguistic awareness and creativity in language use. In some phases of language acquisition, the language of bilingual children may resemble the language of children with specific language impairment (SLI). Therefore, it is important to be able to distinguish the developmental paths and to clarify the similarities between monolingual and bilingual children. It seems that the most prominent differences exist in the speed with which children acquire correct language structures and creativity in language use
Keywords
bilingualism; early communication; specific language impairment
Hrčak ID:
140211
URI
Publication date:
28.6.2015.
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