Bilingual children often lag behind monolinguals on standardized measures of language
acquisition, such as vocabulary tests. This bilingual lag could be related bilinguals' lesser …

A central question in bilingual child language acquisition research concerns the effect of
dual language exposure on the rate of language development. Previous research has …

Many adults who have dual language experience describe themselves as “passive
bilinguals,” able to understand two languages, but speak only one. The aim of this study was …

Previous studies showed that bilinguals tend to score lower on some language tests than
monolinguals in each of their languages and outperform monolinguals on some cognitive …

Four studies explored patterns of language growth and processing in 64 19–31-month-old
bilingual children acquiring English and Spanish. In the first study, cross-sectional and …

The present study investigated developmental changes in lexical comprehension skills in
early sequential bilinguals, in both Spanish (L1) and English (L2), exploring the effects of …

This study investigates language-processing differences between early, balanced, adult
bilinguals and monolinguals. Specifically, the study examines two questions: 1) whether …

In usage-based or constructivist approaches to language acquisition, the distribution and
frequency of structures in the input are key mechanisms underlying acquisition patterns and …

In their 2002 report on “Use of the Language Development Survey (LDS) in a National
Probability Sample of Children 18 to 35 Months Old,” Rescorla and Achenbach provided a …

Typically-developing bilingual children often score lower than monolingual peers of the
same age on standardized measures; however, research has shown that when assessed in …