Scene-setting and referent introduction in sign and spoken languages
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Beyza Sümer
Abstract
Previous studies show that children do not become adult-like in learning to set the scene and introduce referents in their narrations until 9 years of age and even beyond. However, they investigated spoken languages, thus we do not know much about how these skills are acquired in sign languages, where events are expressed in visually similar ways to the real world events, unlike in spoken languages. The results of the current study demonstrate that deaf children (3;5–9;10 years) acquiring Turkish Sign Language, and hearing children (3;8–9;11 years) acquiring spoken Turkish both acquire scene-setting and referent introduction skills at similar ages. Thus the modality of the language being acquired does not have facilitating or hindering effects in the development of these skills.
Abstract
Previous studies show that children do not become adult-like in learning to set the scene and introduce referents in their narrations until 9 years of age and even beyond. However, they investigated spoken languages, thus we do not know much about how these skills are acquired in sign languages, where events are expressed in visually similar ways to the real world events, unlike in spoken languages. The results of the current study demonstrate that deaf children (3;5–9;10 years) acquiring Turkish Sign Language, and hearing children (3;8–9;11 years) acquiring spoken Turkish both acquire scene-setting and referent introduction skills at similar ages. Thus the modality of the language being acquired does not have facilitating or hindering effects in the development of these skills.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Acquisition/processing of morphology, syntax and semantics
- Sensitivity of Turkish infants to vowel harmony 29
- Turkish children’s early vocabulary 57
- Acquisition of canonical and non-canonical word orders in L1 Turkish 79
- What does online parsing in Turkish-speaking children reveal about grammar? 99
- Acquisition of scope relations by Turkish-English bilingual children 119
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Part II. Discourse
- Children’s referential choices in Turkish 153
- Learning to think, talk, and gesture about motion in language-specific ways 177
- Scene-setting and referent introduction in sign and spoken languages 193
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Part III. Literacy development
- Integrating cognitive and sociocultural aspects of reading in Turkish 223
- Phonological awareness in reading acquisition 243
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Part IV. Typical vs. Atypical development in monolingual and bilingual Turkish-speaking children
- Vocabulary and grammar acquisition in Turkish as assessed by the Turkish communicative development inventory 275
- Language impairment in Turkish-speaking children 295
- Language development in Turkish-speaking children with Autism Spectrum Disorders 325
- Verbal functional categories in the speech of a Turkish speaking child with autism 341
- L2 children do not fluctuate 361
- Second language exposure in the preschool 389
- Index 413
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Acquisition/processing of morphology, syntax and semantics
- Sensitivity of Turkish infants to vowel harmony 29
- Turkish children’s early vocabulary 57
- Acquisition of canonical and non-canonical word orders in L1 Turkish 79
- What does online parsing in Turkish-speaking children reveal about grammar? 99
- Acquisition of scope relations by Turkish-English bilingual children 119
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Part II. Discourse
- Children’s referential choices in Turkish 153
- Learning to think, talk, and gesture about motion in language-specific ways 177
- Scene-setting and referent introduction in sign and spoken languages 193
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Part III. Literacy development
- Integrating cognitive and sociocultural aspects of reading in Turkish 223
- Phonological awareness in reading acquisition 243
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Part IV. Typical vs. Atypical development in monolingual and bilingual Turkish-speaking children
- Vocabulary and grammar acquisition in Turkish as assessed by the Turkish communicative development inventory 275
- Language impairment in Turkish-speaking children 295
- Language development in Turkish-speaking children with Autism Spectrum Disorders 325
- Verbal functional categories in the speech of a Turkish speaking child with autism 341
- L2 children do not fluctuate 361
- Second language exposure in the preschool 389
- Index 413