Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ557333
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
Native-Language Recognition Abilities in 4-Month-Old Infants from Monolingual and Bilingual Environments.
Bosch, Laura; Sebastian-Galles, Nuria
Cognition, v65 n1 p33-69 Dec 1997
Examined capacity of 4-month olds to identify their maternal language (Catalan or Spanish) when phonologically similar languages are contrasted. Compared infants from monolingual and bilingual environments to analyze whether differences in linguistic background affect this behavioral response. Found that language discrimination is already possible at this age, but children from bilingual households showed no preference for either familiar language. (JPB)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Catalan; Preference Patterns


