Journal article
Promoting a multimodal first language acquisition framework: A commentary on Karadöller, Sümer, and Özyürek
First language, Vol.45(6), pp.738-742
12/2025
DOI: 10.1177/01427237251333488
Abstract
Karadöller et al. propose a multimodal language acquisition framework, integrating evidence from first language acquisition in spoken and sign languages. In this commentary, we try to foster further discussion on how this framework would exactly encompass both related but different research lines on spoken and signed languages. We argue for examining individual differences related to child- and environment-related factors as well as their interactive roles in multimodal first language acquisition. The inclusion of these factors will endorse the proposed conceptual framework and will provide new venues for empirical work in multimodal first language acquisition.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Promoting a multimodal first language acquisition framework: A commentary on Karadöller, Sümer, and Özyürek
- Creators
- Tilbe Göksun - Koç UniversityÖ. Ece Demir-Lira - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- First language, Vol.45(6), pp.738-742
- DOI
- 10.1177/01427237251333488
- ISSN
- 0142-7237
- eISSN
- 1740-2344
- Publisher
- Sage
- Grant note
- James McDonnell Foundation Human Cognition Scholar Award
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Tilbe Goeksun is supported by the James McDonnell Foundation Human Cognition Scholar Award (https://doi.org/10.37717/220020510).
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 04/11/2025
- Date published
- 12/2025
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984811224502771
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