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  Bilingual and monolingual children process pragmatic cues differently when learning novel adjectives

Groba, A., de Houwer, A., Mehnert, J., Rossi, S., & Obrig, H. (2018). Bilingual and monolingual children process pragmatic cues differently when learning novel adjectives. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 21(2), 384-402. doi:10.1017/S1366728917000232.

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Groba, Agnes1, 2, Author           
de Houwer, Annick3, Author
Mehnert, Jan1, 4, Author           
Rossi, Sonja1, 5, Author           
Obrig, Hellmuth1, 6, Author           
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1Department Neurology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society, ou_634549              
2Institute of Special and Inclusive Education, University of Leipzig, Germany, ou_persistent22              
3Department of Linguistics, University of Erfurt, Germany, ou_persistent22              
4Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany, ou_persistent22              
5Department of Medical Psychology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria, ou_persistent22              
6Clinic for Cognitive Neurology, University of Leipzig, Germany, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: Bilingual preschoolers; Pragmatic gestures; Adjective learning; fNIRS
 Abstract: Previous studies have shown bilingually and monolingually developing children to differ in their sensitivity to referential
pragmatic deixis in challenging tasks, with bilinguals exhibiting a higher sensitivity. The learning of adjectives is particularly
challenging, but has rarely been investigated in bilingual children. In the present study we presented a pragmatic cue
supporting the learning of novel adjectives to 32 Spanish–German bilingual and 28 German monolingual 5-year-olds. The
children’s responses to a descriptive hand gesture highlighting an object’s property were measured behaviorally using a
forced choice task and neurophysiologically through functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS). While no group
differences emerged on the behavioral level, fNIRS revealed a higher activation in bilingual than monolingual children in the
vicinity of the posterior part of the right superior temporal sulcus (STS). This result supports the prominent role of the STS in
processing pragmatic gestures and suggests heightened pragmatic sensitivity for bilingual children.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2017-05-272018-03
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1017/S1366728917000232
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Funding organization : Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

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Title: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 21 (2) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 384 - 402 Identifier: ISSN: 1366-7289
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925343779