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dc.contributor.authorBlom, Wilhelmina Bernardina T.
dc.contributor.authorSoto-Corominas, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorAttar, Zahraa
dc.contributor.authorDaskalaki, Evangelia
dc.contributor.authorParadis, Johanne
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-16T11:18:15Z
dc.date.available2021-09-16T11:18:15Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-15
dc.description.abstractChildren who are refugees become bilingual in circumstances that are often challenging and that can vary across national contexts. We investigated the second language (L2) syntactic skills of Syrian children aged 6-12 living in Canada (n = 56) and the Netherlands (n = 47). Our goal was to establish the impact of the first language (L1 = Syrian Arabic) skills on L2 (English, Dutch) outcomes and whether L1–L2 interdependence is influenced by the length of L2 exposure. To measure L1 and L2 syntactic skills, cross-linguistic Litmus Sentence Repetition Tasks (Litmus-SRTs) were used. Results showed evidence of L1–L2 interdependence, but interdependence may only surface after sufficient L2 exposure. Maternal education level and refugee camp experiences differed between the two samples. Both variables impacted L2 outcomes in the Canadian but not in the Dutch sample, demonstrating the importance to examine refugee children’s bilingual language development in different national contexts.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBlom, Soto-Corominas, Attar, Daskalaki, Paradis. Interdependence between L1 and L2: the case of Syrian children with refugee backgrounds in Canada and the Netherlands. Applied Psycholinguistics. 2021en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1932977
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0142716421000229
dc.identifier.issn0142-7164
dc.identifier.issn1469-1817
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/22560
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambrigde University Pressen_US
dc.relation.journalApplied Psycholinguistics
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010en_US
dc.titleInterdependence between L1 and L2: the case of Syrian children with refugee backgrounds in Canada and the Netherlandsen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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