| Title: |
Primo sviluppo metalinguistico in bambini bilingui italiano-inglese. Una ricerca in contesto britannico |
| Authors: |
S. CODEMO; P. ILICETO; F. TRUSSO; PINTO, Maria Antonietta |
| Contributors: |
S., Codemo; Pinto, Maria Antonietta; P., Iliceto; F., Trusso |
| Publisher Information: |
Fabrizio Serra Editore Pisa-Roma |
| Publication Year: |
2007 |
| Collection: |
Sapienza Università di Roma: CINECA IRIS |
| Subject Terms: |
Italian- English bilingualism – Metalinguistic development – Pre-schoolers – British context |
| Description: |
This article presents research into metalinguistic development in Italian-English pre- schoolers. A total sample of 118 children was selected, aged 4 to 5,11 years, all living in London and subdivided into two sub-samples. The bilingual sub-sample was composed of 64 children from Italian families, balanced bilinguals from birth and attending an Italian kindergarten, while the monolingual sub-sample was made up of 54 English-speaking children attending an English kindergarten. Half of the bilinguals, randomly selected, was tested through the Italian version of a battery of metalinguistic tasks, the TAM-1 (Pinto, Candilera 2000), while the other half was tested through the English version of the same test, the MAT-1 (Pinto, Titone, Trusso 1999), as were also the English-speaking monolinguals. Results, obtained by means of a 3 factor Anova (type of language experience, age, gender) show a statistically significant effect of biligualism, but at different levels. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
STAMPA |
| Language: |
Italian |
| Relation: |
volume:VII; issue:1-2; firstpage:105; lastpage:125; numberofpages:21; journal:RIVISTA DI PSICOLINGUISTICA APPLICATA; http://hdl.handle.net/11573/234703; www.libraweb.net |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/11573/234703 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.86462FBC |
| Database: |
BASE |