A5018953834- Language Development and Disorders
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Linguistic Education and Pedagogy
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Linguistic research and analysis
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Digital Storytelling and Education
- Speech and dialogue systems
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- linguistics and terminology studies
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Robotics and Automated Systems
- Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics
2016-2025
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2006-2023
Uppsala University
2019-2023
Chuvash State University
2023
Leibniz Institute for the German Language
2020-2021
Utrecht University
2020
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2020
Institut für Zeitgeschichte München–Berlin
2020
Fuchs (Germany)
2020
University of Potsdam
2019
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.
This paper evaluates the contribution of external background factors which pertain to child’s environment (e.g., parents’ education, occupation, family size, etc.), and internal ones reflect time related experience with language chronological age, age L2 onset, etc.) development linguistic skills in two languages bilingual children. 65 Russian-German (Mean age: 66mo, Range: 47-86mo) 78 Russian-Israeli migrant children 70mo, 58-81) comparable mean length exposure (M=37mo) size (1.88 children)...
The Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN) is part of LITMUS (Language Impairment Testing in Settings). a battery tests that have been developed connection with the COST Action IS0804 Language Society: Linguistic Patterns and Road to (2009-2013).
We argue for a perspective on bilingual heritage speakers as native of both their languages and present results from large-scale, cross-linguistic study that took such approached bilinguals monolinguals equal grounds. targeted comparable language use in monolingual speakers, crucially covering broader repertoires than just formal language. A main database was the open-access RUEG corpus, which covers informal vs. spoken written productions by adolescent adult with heritage-Greek, -Russian,...
The number of bilingual children is growing dramatically all over the world. In 2010 International Organization Migration documented 214 million migrants worldwide, many (Koser & Laczko, 2010). One challenges arising from rapid increase scientifically grounded assessment linguistic proficiency in both a child's languages various language domains. Assessment especially important to avoid misdiagnosis impairment. Specific impairment (SLI) among most prevalent impairments, estimated affect...
ABSTRACT The goal of this study was to trace the dual language development narrative macrostructure in three age groups Russian–German bilingual children and compare performance simultaneous sequential bilinguals. Fine-grained analyses included components: story structure, complexity, internal state terms. Oral narratives were elicited via Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives. Fifty-eight speaking from participated: preschoolers (mean = 45 months) elementary school pupils first...
This article investigates the cross-linguistic comparability of newly developed lexical assessment tool Cross-linguistic Lexical Tasks (LITMUS-CLT). LITMUS-CLT is a part Language Impairment Testing in Multilingual Settings (LITMUS) battery (Armon-Lotem, de Jong & Meir, 2015). Here we analyse results on receptive and expressive word knowledge tasks for nouns verbs across 17 languages from eight different language families: Baltic (Lithuanian), Bantu (isiXhosa), Finnic (Finnish), Germanic...
ABSTRACT Two studies examined the effects of age, gender, and task on Turkish narrative skills Turkish–German bilingual children. In Study 1, 36 children (2 years, 11 months [2;11]–7;11) told stories in two conditions (“tell-after model” “tell-no model”) answered comprehension questions. 2, 13 (5;5–7;11) participated (“tell-no “retell”) were compared to 1 participants’ tell tasks. The showed significant age story complexity comprehension, but not structure internal state terms. There no for...
<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 Parent report measures have proven to be a valuable research tool for studying early language development. Caregivers are given list of words and asked which them their child has already used. However, most available not suited children beyond infancy, come with substantial licensing costs or lack clear psychometric foundation. Here, we present the PREVIC (Parent Report Expressive Vocabulary in Children), an open-access, high-quality vocabulary checklist German-speaking between 3 8...
Bilingual children experience a rapid shift in language preference and input dominance from L1 to L2 upon entering kindergarten when regular contact with starts. Though this change affects further development, little is known about how various factors shape this. The present study examines the combined influence of different background including not only chronological age, age onset (L2 AoO), gender, but also measures on receptive expressive lexical morphological (case verb inflections)...
A long-standing issue in identifying developmental language disorder (DLD) multilingual children is differentiating between effects of experience and genuine impairment when clinicians often lack suitable norm-referenced assessments. In this tutorial we demonstrate, via a case study, that it feasible to identify DLD child using the CATALISE diagnostic criteria, Language Impairment Testing Multilingual Settings (LITMUS) assessment tools, telepractice.
The present study investigates the influence of word category on naming performance in two populations: bilingual and monolingual children. question is whether and, if so, to what extent children differ with respect noun verb a bias exists lexical abilities Picture objects actions by Russian–German (aged 4–7 years) was compared age-matched results clearly demonstrate deficit comparison that increases age. Noun learning more fragile contexts than learning. In language acquisition, nouns do...
In this paper, we give a comprehensive overview of the results from studies that have used Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN) to investigate comprehension and production narrative macrostructure (story structure) date. We show wide range research in which MAIN has been through summaries core investigated age effects, compared monolinguals with bilinguals, bilinguals’ two languages, typically-developing (TD) children developmental language disorder (DLD). Results...
This study investigates macrostructure in elicited narratives of 69 monolingual German-, Russian- and Swedish-speaking adults. Using the LITMUS-MAIN (Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives), its Baby Goats Birds stories, story structure complexity, concerning episodic organization, were examined across 3 languages. As theoretical underpinnings, a multidimensional model was used. includes analyses (SS), which narrative merits maximum score 17, based on occurrence five types...