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Mayr, Robert; Howells, Gwennan; Lewis, Rhonwen – Journal of Child Language, 2015
This study provides the first systematic account of word-final cluster acquisition in bilingual children. To this end, forty Welsh-English bilingual children differing in language dominance and age (2;6 to 5;0) participated in a picture-naming task in English and Welsh. The results revealed significant age and dominance effects on cluster…
Descriptors: Welsh, English, Bilingualism, Sociolinguistics
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Nicoladis, Elena; Gavrila, Andra – Journal of Child Language, 2015
Cross-linguistic influence (CLI) refers to the linguistic influence of one of a bilingual's languages while processing the other. Researchers have debated whether CLI is better explained by the structure of bilinguals' two languages or by a combination of processing demands and structure. In this study, we test if Welsh-English bilingual children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Language, Welsh, English