A5010275558- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- Language Development and Disorders
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- Linguistics and language evolution
- linguistics and terminology studies
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Digital Communication and Language
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Environmental Science and Water Management
- Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition
- Text Readability and Simplification
- Speech and dialogue systems
- Gender Studies in Language
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Education, Law, and Society
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies
University of Zagreb
2015-2025
Opća Bolnica Varaždin
2021
Klinika za psihijatriju Vrapče
2012-2013
This study proposes a new methodology for determining the relationship between child-directed speech and child in early acquisition. It illustrates use of this investigating morphological richness speed development speech. Both variables are defined terms mean size paradigm (MSP) estimated set longitudinal spontaneous corpora nine children their caretakers. The aged 1;3–3;0, acquiring different languages that vary richness. main result is degree positively related to noun verb paradigms
Significance Although much research has been devoted to the acquisition of number words, relatively little is known about other expressions quantity. We propose that order quantifiers related features inherent meaning each term. Four specific dimensions and use are found capture robust similarities in similar ways across 31 languages, representing 11 language types.
<title>Abstract</title> This study investigates children’s narrative skills, using the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN), a theory-based tool adapted to 100 languages. How do overall including use of factual and inferred components, development complete episodes, differ across languages between monolinguals bilinguals? To answer this, we examined 2608 comparable fictional narratives 1189 monolingual bilingual children aged 3-13 years, speaking 33 Children told or...
Abstract Children’s acquisition of variation in the target language depends on a number factors not yet well understood. This study probes morphological two unrelated languages, Croatian (Slavic) and Estonian (Finnic), focussing parallel forms lexeme expressing single grammatical category (a phenomenon known as overabundance). We conducted cross-linguistic elicitation experiment with 140 monolingual, typically developing children aged 3;0 to 6;11 (80 learning Croatian, 60 Estonian). elicited...
Abstract The current study aimed to investigate age-related differences in narrative abilities at the macrostructural and microstructural levels examine which aspects explain macrostructure ages six eight. Oral narratives were elicited from 89 Croatian monolingual children using Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN). At level, measure of lexical diversity D, clausal density, mean length clause assessed. Macrostructure was assessed standardized MAIN scoring procedure. We...
Experimental studies demonstrate that contrast helps toddlers to extend the meanings of novel adjectives. This study explores whether antonym co-occurrence in spontaneous speech also has an effect on adjective use by child. The authors studied production longitudinal samples from 16 children (16–36 months) acquiring eight different languages. Adjectives child and child-directed were coded as either unrelated or related a contrastive term preceding context. Results show large differences...
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Abstract Entrenchment and schematisation are the two most important cognitive processes in language acquisition. In this article, role of processes, operationalised by token type frequency, production overgeneralised verb forms Croatian preschool children is investigated using a parental questionnaire computational simulation The participants were parents aged 3;0–5;11 years ( n = 174). results showed that (93 %) reported parallel use both adult-like forms, suggesting Croatian-speaking have...
A wide range of tools have been used to assess the language proficiency bilingual speakers. The validity and high reliability lexical diversity syntactic complexity measures as instruments for measuring demonstrated in previous studies across different languages. However, relationship between self-assessment two has not yet investigated. present study focused on Italophone speakers, an understudied minority diglossic community Croatia, investigated whether reflect standard Italian...
Abstract This study tests the hypothesis that bilingualism is associated with advantages in learning foreign languages. We compare oral (narrative) English skills of 15 Dutch monolinguals (aged 10–12) and age-matched bilinguals acquiring Serbian/Croatian. also test speaking an aspectual home language have advantage over progressive aspect. Narratives produced by adult L1 speakers were used to establish a baseline choices. The results demonstrate outperformed on narrative length, lexical...
During narration, speakers constantly choose appropriate referential forms (nominals or pronominals). Children may engage in this reference marking differently than adults. Discourse- listener-oriented approaches make different predictions about behaviour cognitively demanding situations: the first predicts a higher number of nominals; second, pronominals. The current study explores chosen by 50 children (6;0–6;11) and adults, all monolingual Croatian, under increased cognitive load having...
The comprehension of constituent questions is an important topic for language acquisition research and applications in the diagnosis impairment. This article presents results a study investigating different types by 5-year-old, typically developing children across 19 European countries, 18 languages, 7 (sub-)families. investigated effects two factors on question formation: (a) whether contains simple interrogative word like ‘who’ or complex one ‘which princess’, (b) was related to sentential...
A successful narration relies on the ability of an individual to express a coherent sequence temporally and causally related events organised around specific theme, this skill typically develops in early preschool age. Narrative coherence can be assessed by sequences or elements story grammar. According causal network model, grammar is viewed as interconnected relationships, including enabling, physical, motivational, psychological relationships. The importance has been recognised many...
Rad opisuje postupak prikupljanja podataka i transkripciju upotrijebljenu u razvoju Hrvatskog diskursnog korpusa govornika s afazijom razvijenog sklopu projekta Adult Language Processing (HRZZ-2421-UIP-11-2013) dostupnog od 2017. kao dio AphasiaBank - baze multimedijalne interakcije za proučavanje komunikacije među govornicima afazijom. U skladu protokolom AphasiaBanka uzorkovani su diskursi na temelju četiriju zadataka: pripovijedanja osobne priče, opisa slike, prepričavanja priče...
Načini povezivanja iskaza u organizaciji složenih nadrečeničnih cjelina plodna su tema brojnih jezikoslovnih istraživanja. Pritom je veći naglasak stavljen na proučavanje konektora i/ili diskursnih oznaka govorenome jeziku jer mnogim istraživanjima utvrđeno kako te jezične jedinice vrlo česte upravo jezičnom modalitetu (primjerice, O’Keeffe, McCarthy i Carter 2007). Ipak, većina hrvatskih jezikoslovaca usmjerila se kohezivnih veza pisanome diskursu, dok nadrečenična sintaksa govorenoga...
Studies on verbal overgeneralization often focus languages with low morphological complexity. The Croatian conjugational system exhibits varying degrees of complexity, and this complexity is not primarily based the number inflectional morphemes, but an elaborate stem changes. During early language development, children face difficult task acquiring system, using overgeneralized forms to overcome its To date, studies have used a corpus-based method retrieve overgeneralizations in child...
Developmental language disorder (DLD) is one of the most common disorders in preschool and school age, it also persists later life. Children with DLD show a range expressive and/or receptive difficulties language, including vocabulary acquisition. The goal this research was to explore differences between persons developmental typical development (TLD) lexical diversity. Earlier focused on spoken discourse younger speakers. In present research, written speakers covering broad age explored....