A5021234146- Language Development and Disorders
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Speech and dialogue systems
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Text Readability and Simplification
- Categorization, perception, and language
- linguistics and terminology studies
- Topic Modeling
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- African history and culture analysis
- Linguistic Education and Pedagogy
- Student Assessment and Feedback
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
University of Inland Norway
2020-2025
University of Oslo
2013-2025
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...
In this longitudinal study, we compare the age of reaching early developmental milestones in bilingual and monolingual children between bilinguals' two languages. We present data from 302 Polish bilinguals (living outside Poland with various majority languages) monolinguals, aged M = 12.78 months on study entry (range: 0-24 months), matched sex, at entry, duration parental reporting, education. The under investigation include crawling, walking, babbling, first, 10th, 50th word, first...
This article analyses how a set of psycholinguistic factors may account for children’s lexical development. Age acquisition is compared to measure development based on vocabulary size rather than age, and robust regression models are used assess the individual joint effects word class, frequency, imageability phonological neighbourhood density Norwegian early The Communicative Development Inventories (CDI) norms were calculate each CDI word’s age acquisition. Lexical properties downloaded...
In this article, we present a study of imageability ratings for set 1599 Norwegian words (896 nouns, 483 verbs and 220 adjectives) from web-based survey. To large extent, the results are in accordance with previous studies other languages: high scores general, higher nouns than verbs, an inverse relation between frequency imageability. A more surprising finding is low low-frequency verbs. Also, increase systematically significantly informant age, reminding us that conceptual learning...
All words have properties linked to form, meaning and usage patterns which influence how easily they are accessed from the mental lexicon in language production, perception comprehension. Examples of such imageability, phonological morphological complexity, word class, argument structure, frequency use age acquisition. Due linguistic cultural variation values associated with them differ across languages. Hence, for research as well clinical purposes, specific information on lexical is...
Purpose: As a contribution to the endeavour of developing appropriate tools for bilingual language assessment, this paper investigates concurrence between two new from recent COST Action IS0804 (Bi-SLI), and differences children across different migrant communities. Approach: Two battery Language Impairment Testing in Multilingual Settings (LITMUS) were used: direct assessment tool Cross-linguistic Lexical Tasks (CLT) reporting instrument Parents Bilingual Children Questionnaire (PaBiQ),...
Parental report instruments are a non-invasive way to assess children’s language development and have proved give both valid reliable results when used with children under the age of 2;6 (and in some cases up 3). In this study we examine newly developed Norwegian edition assessment tool for older preschoolers: MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory III (CDI-III), investigating whether parental can be assessing monolingual Norwegian-speaking between 4 years. NCDI-III 100 4.0...
The novel assessment tool Cross-Linguistic Lexical Tasks (LITMUS-CLT) aims for comparable cross-linguistic of multilingual children's lexical skills by basing each language version on two language-specific variables: age acquisition (AoA) and complexity index (CI), a measure related to phonology, morphology, exposure etymology. This article investigates the validity this methodology, asking whether underlying properties are robust predictors performance. Polish Norwegian CLTs were used...
The mental lexicon is dynamic and changes throughout the lifespan, but how does it begin? Previous research has established that children's first words depend on their communicative needs, also phonetic repertoire phonological preferences. In this paper, we focus characteristics of words, primarily looking at word-initial labials word length in Norwegian as well parents accommodate to child patterns speech. Comparing data with from children speaking five different languages, examine child's...
The study investigates code-switching by multilingual persons with dementia in two different speech contexts, picture naming tests and spontaneous conversation. It combines a psycholinguistic perspective on cognitive linguistic skills qualitative conversation analytic approach to understanding the functions appropriateness of social interaction. analysis shows that is used as resource for compensating word-retrieval problems both word search sequences Furthermore, it serves demarcate...
Social sciences researchers emphasize that new technologies can overcome the limitations of small and homogenous samples. In research on early language development, which often uses parental reports, taking testing online might be particularly compelling. Due to logistical limitations, previous studies bilingual children have explored development trajectories in general (e.g., by including few largely set apart timepoints), or focused small, homogeneous The present study protocol presents a...
Abstract Cognates, words that are similar in form and meaning across two languages, compelling test cases for bilingual access representation. Overwhelmingly, cognate pairs subjectively selected a categorical either- or manner, often with criteria modality unspecified. Yet the few studies take more nuanced approach, selecting along continuum of overlap, show interesting, albeit somewhat divergent results. This study compares three measures quantify cognateness continuously to obtain...
Abstract To date, the evidence regarding effect of bilingualism/multilingualism on short-term memory (STM) and working (WM) capacity is inconclusive. This study investigates whether multilingualism has a positive verbal STM WM neurotypical middle-aged older individuals. Eighty-two L1-Norwegian sequential bilingual/multilingual academics were tested with tasks measuring STM/WM capacity. Degree for each participant was estimated based comprehensive questionnaire. Different measures used. Data...
Aims and objectives: This study investigates how multilingual speakers with dementia mobilise their interactional resources when searching for words in a naming test setting, word-search behaviour relates to lexical retrieval processes characteristic of multilinguals, as well aspects cognitive decline. Methodology approach: The takes an interdisciplinary approach by combining conversation analysis (CA) psycholinguistic perspectives on access neurological Data analysis: the are...
Young children simplify word initial consonant clusters by omitting or substituting one (or both) of the elements. Vocalic insertion, coalescence and metathesis are said to be used more seldom (McLeod, van Doorn & Reed, 2001). Data from Norwegian children, however, have shown vocalic insertion frequently (Simonsen, 1990; Simonsen, Garmann Kristoffersen, 2019). To investigate extent which use this strategy differing degrees depending on ambient language, we analysed cluster production...
Abstract This publication provides an overview of research on a large range topics relating to language processing and use from life-span perspective. It is unique in covering combining psycholinguistic sociolinguistic approaches, discussing questions such as: Is it beneficial speak more than one when growing old? How are languages processed multilingual persons, how does this change over time? What happens communication aphasia or dementia? ageing portrayed the media? joint,...
Prediction is an important mechanism for efficient language processing. It has been shown that as a part of sentence processing, both children and adults predict nouns based on semantically constraining verbs. Language proficiency said to modulate prediction: the higher proficiency, better predictive skill. Children growing up acquiring two languages are often more proficient in one them, such, investigation ability young bilingual can shed light role proficiency. Furthermore, according...
In this paper, we investigate a prosodic-phonetic feature in child-directed speech within dynamic, complex, interactive theoretical framework. We focus on vocalic intrusions, commonly occurring Norwegian word initial consonant clusters. analysed from nine Norwegian-speaking mothers to their children, aged 2;6, 4, and 6 years, compared the incidence duration of intrusions clusters these data with those adult-directed child speech. When viewed overall, intrusion was found be similar child-...