Ronald Severing
List of John Benjamins publications in which Ronald Severing is involved.
Articles
2025 Predicting the development of Papiamento and Dutch word decoding efficiency in the Dutch Caribbean Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 40:1, pp. 147–175 | Article
We investigated the development of word decoding (Grades 4–6; 165 children) in Papiamento (L1) and Dutch (L2) in the postcolonial context of the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. The results show a steady development over the upper Grades for both L1 Papiamento and L2 Dutch… read more
2025 Predicting reading comprehension in Creole Papiamento and Dutch in a post-colonial context Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages: Online-First Articles | Article
In postcolonial contexts, children usually learn to read in a language other than their main socialization language, usually a creole. To understand how this affects reading acquisition we examined the early Creole Papiamento (L1) and Dutch (L2) reading skills of 128 Caribbean children. We… read more
2024 Bilingualism and early literacy in Dutch Caribbean kindergartners Written Language & Literacy 27:1, pp. 1–30 | Article
Research in (early) literacy development involving creoles in post-colonial contexts is scarce. Therefore, Papiamento (L1) and Dutch (L2) early literacy of 296 kindergartners in post-colonial Dutch Caribbean was assessed to determine the extent to which their L1 and L2 phonological awareness and… read more