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November 11, 2025Frontiers in Language SciencesOpen Access

The relevance of instruction, language exposure and age for heritage children's development of complex morphosyntax: triangulating data from narratives and cloze-tests

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JTJacopo TorregrossaJTJacopo TorregrossaCFCristina Flores

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Overview

Study demonstrates links between instruction and morphosyntactic development in heritage language speakers, suggesting emphasis on cloze-tests.

Key Points

  • To explore how instruction and language exposure affect the development of morphosyntax in heritage language children.
  • Investigated morphosyntactic abilities of 59 children aged 7 to 16 speaking European Portuguese in Switzerland.
  • Measured abilities using cloze-tests and narrative tasks.
  • Examined factors influencing development, including age, instruction, and exposure variety.
  • Complex structures produced less accurately than simpler ones.
  • Narratives yielded fewer accurate productions than cloze-tests.
  • Attendance in heritage language classes significantly influenced mastery of complex structures.

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Torregrossa et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69252e9ec0ce034ddc35647chttps://doi.org/10.3389/flang.2025.1495607
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