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Vocabulary and verbal fluency of bilingual and monolingual college students

PORTOCARRERO, J, BURRIGHT, R, DONOVICK, P·2007·Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
DOI 10.1016/j.acn.2007.01.015
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We assessed the English vocabulary and verbal fluency of college students who were either bilinguals who were born abroad and spoke English or monolingual speakers of English. We examined the relationship between age of arrival to the U.S. of bilinguals and their English vocabulary. The bilinguals' performance on English vocabulary was in the average range. However, despite arriving to the U.S. at a relatively young age, and having sufficient command of English to attend a competitive university, the bilinguals had lower receptive and expressive English vocabularies than their monolingual peers. Age of arrival was moderately correlated with English vocabulary scores. The younger the bilingual students were when they arrived to the U.S., the better their English vocabulary. Both groups had similar performance on phonetic fluency. However, the bilingual group performed significantly lower in semantic fluency. This pattern of performance in verbal fluency is consistent with that found in previous studies.

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    “Performance on these tasks reveals systematic deficits for bilingual participants, particularly in semantic fluency conditions [33–37], even if responses can be provided in either language [38].”

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Authors
PORTOCARRERO, J., BURRIGHT, R., & DONOVICK, P.
Affiliations
Binghamton University (US)
Corresponding author
PORTOCARRERO, J
Venue
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2007-03
Volume
22
Issue
3
Pages
415-422
ISSN
0887-6177 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.acn.2007.01.015
OpenAlex
W2023842551
Cited by
306
References
20
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
Keywords
bilingualism, English vocabulary, verbal fluency, age at arrival, receptive vocabulary, expressive vocabulary, semantic fluency, second language acquisition
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Female, Humans, Language Tests, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Surveys and Questionnaires, Speech Production Measurement, Students, Universities, Verbal Behavior, Verbal Learning, Vocabulary, Multilingualism

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