Effects of second-language acquisition on character introductions in 5- and 7-year-old bilingual and monolingual children’s Frog story narratives

dc.contributor.authorAktan-Erciyes, Aslı
dc.contributor.authorÜnlütabak, Burcu
dc.contributor.authorZengin, Betül Firdevs
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-24T16:35:50Z
dc.date.available2025-02-24T16:35:50Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentNuh Naci Yazgan
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the effects of early second-language (L2) acquisition on introduction of characters in narrative discourse by comparing 5- and 7-year-old monolingual (first-language [L1] = Turkish) and bilingual (L1 = Turkish, L2 = English) children. Turkish does not have a grammaticalized article system like English which enables to investigate specific influences. The findings revealed that monolingual and bilingual children used similar forms while introducing characters; however, for the Frog character, bilingual children used more appropriate referencing compared to monolinguals. These findings were discussed within the effects of L2 on L1 in terms of introducing characters as well as the amount of exposure to L2. © The Author(s) 2021.
dc.description.sponsorshipBoğaziçi Üniversitesi, (16B07D2)
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/01427237211024219
dc.identifier.endpage622
dc.identifier.issn0142-7237
dc.identifier.issue5
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85108970679
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage605
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/01427237211024219
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14440/625
dc.identifier.volume41
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSAGE Publications Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofFirst Language
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20250201
dc.subjectBilingualism
dc.subjectcharacter introduction
dc.subjectreferential language
dc.titleEffects of second-language acquisition on character introductions in 5- and 7-year-old bilingual and monolingual children’s Frog story narratives
dc.typeArticle

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