Abstract
We present a new set of subjective Age of Acquisition (AoA) ratings for 299 words (158 nouns, 141 verbs) in seven languages from various language families and cultural settings: American English, Czech, Scottish Gaelic, Lebanese Arabic, Malaysian Malay, Persian, and Western Armenian. The ratings were collected from a total of 173 participants and were highly reliable in each language. We applied the same method of data collection as used in a previous study on 25 languages which allowed us to create a database of fully comparable AoA ratings of 299 words in 32 languages. We found that in the seven languages not included in the previous study, the words are estimated to be acquired at roughly the same age as in the previously reported languages, i.e. mostly between the ages of 1 and 7 years. We also found that the order of word acquisition is moderately to highly correlated across all 32 languages, which extends our previous conclusion that early words are acquired in similar order across a wide range of languages and cultures.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | e0220611 |
| Journal | PloS one |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2019 |
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Age of acquisition of 299 words in seven languages : American English, Czech, Gaelic, Lebanese Arabic, Malay, Persian and Western Armenian. / Łuniewska, Magdalena; Wodniecka, Zofia; Miller, Carol A.; Smolík, Filip; Butcher, Morna; Chondrogianni, Vasiliki; Hreich, Edith Kouba; Messarra, Camille; Razak, Rogayah A.; Treffers-Daller, Jeanine; Yap, Ngee Thai; Abboud, Layal; Talebi, Ali; Gureghian, Maribel; Tuller, Laurice; Haman, Ewa.
In: PloS one, Vol. 14, No. 8, e0220611, 01.01.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Age of acquisition of 299 words in seven languages
T2 - American English, Czech, Gaelic, Lebanese Arabic, Malay, Persian and Western Armenian
AU - Łuniewska, Magdalena
AU - Wodniecka, Zofia
AU - Miller, Carol A.
AU - Smolík, Filip
AU - Butcher, Morna
AU - Chondrogianni, Vasiliki
AU - Hreich, Edith Kouba
AU - Messarra, Camille
AU - Razak, Rogayah A.
AU - Treffers-Daller, Jeanine
AU - Yap, Ngee Thai
AU - Abboud, Layal
AU - Talebi, Ali
AU - Gureghian, Maribel
AU - Tuller, Laurice
AU - Haman, Ewa
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - We present a new set of subjective Age of Acquisition (AoA) ratings for 299 words (158 nouns, 141 verbs) in seven languages from various language families and cultural settings: American English, Czech, Scottish Gaelic, Lebanese Arabic, Malaysian Malay, Persian, and Western Armenian. The ratings were collected from a total of 173 participants and were highly reliable in each language. We applied the same method of data collection as used in a previous study on 25 languages which allowed us to create a database of fully comparable AoA ratings of 299 words in 32 languages. We found that in the seven languages not included in the previous study, the words are estimated to be acquired at roughly the same age as in the previously reported languages, i.e. mostly between the ages of 1 and 7 years. We also found that the order of word acquisition is moderately to highly correlated across all 32 languages, which extends our previous conclusion that early words are acquired in similar order across a wide range of languages and cultures.
AB - We present a new set of subjective Age of Acquisition (AoA) ratings for 299 words (158 nouns, 141 verbs) in seven languages from various language families and cultural settings: American English, Czech, Scottish Gaelic, Lebanese Arabic, Malaysian Malay, Persian, and Western Armenian. The ratings were collected from a total of 173 participants and were highly reliable in each language. We applied the same method of data collection as used in a previous study on 25 languages which allowed us to create a database of fully comparable AoA ratings of 299 words in 32 languages. We found that in the seven languages not included in the previous study, the words are estimated to be acquired at roughly the same age as in the previously reported languages, i.e. mostly between the ages of 1 and 7 years. We also found that the order of word acquisition is moderately to highly correlated across all 32 languages, which extends our previous conclusion that early words are acquired in similar order across a wide range of languages and cultures.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0220611
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0220611
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31393919
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VL - 14
JO - PLoS One
JF - PLoS One
SN - 1932-6203
IS - 8
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