Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > The dimensionality of morphological awareness

Research

Electronic data

  • Li_et_al_BRJ24_R2_final

    Accepted author manuscript, 633 KB, PDF document

    Available under license: CC BY: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Links

Text available via DOI:

View graph of relations

The dimensionality of morphological awareness: Evidence from Hong Kong Chinese-English bilingual children

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

E-pub ahead of print

Standard

The dimensionality of morphological awareness: Evidence from Hong Kong Chinese-English bilingual children. / Li, Ran; Cain, Kate; Tong, Shelley Xiuli.
In: Bilingual Research Journal, Vol. 48, No. 3, 30.09.2025, p. 260-277.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Harvard

Li, R, Cain, K & Tong, SX 2025, 'The dimensionality of morphological awareness: Evidence from Hong Kong Chinese-English bilingual children', Bilingual Research Journal, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 260-277. https://doi.org/10.1080/15235882.2025.2520225

APA

Li, R., Cain, K., & Tong, S. X. (2025). The dimensionality of morphological awareness: Evidence from Hong Kong Chinese-English bilingual children. Bilingual Research Journal, 48(3), 260-277. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15235882.2025.2520225

Vancouver

Li R, Cain K, Tong SX. The dimensionality of morphological awareness: Evidence from Hong Kong Chinese-English bilingual children. Bilingual Research Journal. 2025 Sept 30;48(3):260-277. Epub 2025 Jul 15. doi: 10.1080/15235882.2025.2520225

Author

Li, Ran ; Cain, Kate ; Tong, Shelley Xiuli. / The dimensionality of morphological awareness : Evidence from Hong Kong Chinese-English bilingual children. In: Bilingual Research Journal. 2025 ; Vol. 48, No. 3. pp. 260-277.

Bibtex

@article{ef43e5817a6941c28f35a00b4ea6afbd,
title = "The dimensionality of morphological awareness: Evidence from Hong Kong Chinese-English bilingual children",
abstract = "Morphological awareness is essential for language and literacy development, yet its underlying structure remains unclear, especially in Chinese-English bilinguals at different ages. This study tested 467 hong Kong bilingual children in Grades 2, 5, and 8 on their morphological awareness in both Chinese and English. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to examine whether morphological awareness in each language is a unidimensional structure, a multi-dimensional structure by task modality (i.e. receptive vs. expressive), or a multi-dimensional structure by stimulus level (i.e. Chinese: word, character, radical; English: free vs. bound morpheme). The results indicated that for L1 Chinese, morphological awareness was unidimensional in Grade 2, multi-dimensional by task modality in Grade 5, and unidimensional in Grade 8. L2 English maintained a unidimensional structure across all grades. These findings underscore how the dimensionality of morphological awareness is shaped by language-specific features and developmental changes.",
author = "Ran Li and Kate Cain and Tong, {Shelley Xiuli}",
year = "2025",
month = jul,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1080/15235882.2025.2520225",
language = "English",
volume = "48",
pages = "260--277",
journal = "Bilingual Research Journal",
issn = "1523-5882",
publisher = "Informa UK Limited",
number = "3",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - The dimensionality of morphological awareness

T2 - Evidence from Hong Kong Chinese-English bilingual children

AU - Li, Ran

AU - Cain, Kate

AU - Tong, Shelley Xiuli

PY - 2025/7/15

Y1 - 2025/7/15

N2 - Morphological awareness is essential for language and literacy development, yet its underlying structure remains unclear, especially in Chinese-English bilinguals at different ages. This study tested 467 hong Kong bilingual children in Grades 2, 5, and 8 on their morphological awareness in both Chinese and English. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to examine whether morphological awareness in each language is a unidimensional structure, a multi-dimensional structure by task modality (i.e. receptive vs. expressive), or a multi-dimensional structure by stimulus level (i.e. Chinese: word, character, radical; English: free vs. bound morpheme). The results indicated that for L1 Chinese, morphological awareness was unidimensional in Grade 2, multi-dimensional by task modality in Grade 5, and unidimensional in Grade 8. L2 English maintained a unidimensional structure across all grades. These findings underscore how the dimensionality of morphological awareness is shaped by language-specific features and developmental changes.

AB - Morphological awareness is essential for language and literacy development, yet its underlying structure remains unclear, especially in Chinese-English bilinguals at different ages. This study tested 467 hong Kong bilingual children in Grades 2, 5, and 8 on their morphological awareness in both Chinese and English. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to examine whether morphological awareness in each language is a unidimensional structure, a multi-dimensional structure by task modality (i.e. receptive vs. expressive), or a multi-dimensional structure by stimulus level (i.e. Chinese: word, character, radical; English: free vs. bound morpheme). The results indicated that for L1 Chinese, morphological awareness was unidimensional in Grade 2, multi-dimensional by task modality in Grade 5, and unidimensional in Grade 8. L2 English maintained a unidimensional structure across all grades. These findings underscore how the dimensionality of morphological awareness is shaped by language-specific features and developmental changes.

U2 - 10.1080/15235882.2025.2520225

DO - 10.1080/15235882.2025.2520225

M3 - Journal article

VL - 48

SP - 260

EP - 277

JO - Bilingual Research Journal

JF - Bilingual Research Journal

SN - 1523-5882

IS - 3

ER -