Sentence Comprehension in Monolingual and Bilingual Children

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dc.contributor.advisorBialystok, Ellen B.
dc.creatorOstadghafour, Sarvenaz
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-05T14:59:10Z
dc.date.available2019-03-05T14:59:10Z
dc.date.copyright2018-12-10
dc.date.issued2019-03-05
dc.date.updated2019-03-05T14:59:09Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology(Functional Area: Developmental Science)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractAbstract Bilingual children outperform monolingual children on non-linguistic tasks that tap executive function. It still unknown whether the enhancement of executive functioning found for bilingual children improves complex linguistic comprehension. The present study examined possible differences between monolingual and bilingual childrens sentence comprehension in the presence of different sources of information that conflicted with a correct interpretation.100 children (33monolinguals and 67 bilinguals) between the ages of 4- and 5-years old were examined on two complex linguistic tasks. The findings showed that bilingual children were more accurate than monolingual children in understanding the meaning of the spoken sentences in the presence of distraction. Bilingual childrens advanced attentional control skill has been proposed as a possible cause that led them to effectively focus their attention on the relevant information while ignoring other sources of information that interfered with the correct interpretation. Keyword: Bilingual children, Monolingual children, Executive function, Attentional Control, Sentence comprehension
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35908
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectCognitive psychology
dc.subject.keywordsBilingualism
dc.subject.keywordsBilingual children
dc.subject.keywordsMonolingual Children
dc.subject.keywordsSentence Comprehension
dc.subject.keywordsExecutive Function
dc.subject.keywordsComplex Linguistic Comprehension
dc.subject.keywordsAttentional Control
dc.subject.keywordsCognitive Processing
dc.subject.keywordsLanguage Processing
dc.subject.keywordsChallenging Communicative Cues
dc.subject.keywordsDistraction
dc.subject.keywordsConflict
dc.titleSentence Comprehension in Monolingual and Bilingual Children
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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