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ERIC Number: EJ658852
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Depth and Breadth of Vocabulary in Two Languages: Which Vocabulary Skills Transfer?
Ordonez, Claudia Lucia; Carlo, Maria S.; Snow, Catherine E.; McLaughlin, Barry
Journal of Educational Psychology, v94 n4 p719-28 Dec 2002
Examines the relationship between paradigmatic and syntagmatic word knowledge. Familiar concrete nouns were administered in Spanish and English to bilingual students. Students were tested on the ability to provide superordinates, adequate definitions, and object descriptions. Producing superordinates in Spanish was a reliable predictor of the same skill in English. Adequacy of definitions and descriptions depended more on specific vocabulary knowledge. (Contains 33 references and 8 tables.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Definitions, Intermediate Grades, Spanish, Vocabulary Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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