Previous research indicates that developmental contexts influence language development. These developmental contexts include bilingualism, which is the focus of the current paper. This study analyses the influence that the acquisition of a language, Catalan, has when the simultaneous acquisition of another similar language, Spanish, occurs. This influence is examined according to degree of exposure to the languages. The parents of 801 children completed the Catalan version of the MacArthur-Bates CDI-II questionnaire, which assesses the acquisition of vocabulary, morphology and grammatical complexity. Subjects were divided into three groups according to age and linguistic context (Catalan monolingual, medium bilingual and familiar bilingual). The results do not reveal substantial differences according to linguistic context. However, children aged 26-30 months with a medium bilingual profile show a higher level of vocabulary as compared to the other groups. The results are discussed in relation to the sociolinguistic context, caregiver diversity, typological distance between the languages and developmental stages of language acquisition. RESUMENEstudios previos señalan que los contextos de desarrollo influyen en el desarrollo del lenguaje. Entre ellos está el contexto bilingüe en el que se centra el presente artículo, que analiza la influencia en la adquisición de una lengua, el catalán, de la adquisición simultánea de otra lengua, el español, en función del grado de exposición. Los progenitores de 801 niños contestaron a la adaptación catalana del cuestionario MacArthur-Bates CDI-II. Esta muestra se dividió en tres grupos de edad y tres grupos de contexto lingüístico (monolingüe-catalán, bilingüe medio y bilingüe familiar), analizando la adquisición del vocabulario, de la morfología y de la complejidad gramatical. Los resultados no muestran diferencias substanciales en función del contexto lingüístico. Sin embargo, en los niños de 26-30 meses se observa un nivel de vocabulario mayor en el grupo bilingüe con exposición media en comparación con los otros grupos. Estos resultados se discuten en relación con el contexto sociolingüístico, la diversidad de ARTICLE HISTORY
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