Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Snijders, V., van Witteloostuijn, M., Boerma, T., Timmermeister, M., & Blom, E. (2024). Effects of dominance on language switching: a longitudinal study of Turkish–Dutch children with and without developmental language disorder. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1-14. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728924000427
Wouda, L., Boerma, T., Gerrits, E., & Blom, E. (2024). First Steps Toward Implementation of the Online Test Battery LITMUS-NL: A Usability and Feasibility Study. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_PERSP-23-00308
Verhoeven, E., van Witteloostuijn, M., Oudgenoeg - Paz, O., & Blom, E. (2024). To mix or not to mix? The relation between parental language mixing and bilingual language development. OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/849RZ
Verhoeven, E., van Witteloostuijn, M., Oudgenoeg - Paz, O., & Blom, E. (2024). Comparing Different Methods That Measure Bilingual Children’s Language Environment: A Closer Look at Audio Recordings and Questionnaires. Languages, 9(7), 1-19. Article 231. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9070231
Blom, E., Yazıcı, G., Boerma, T., & van Witteloostuijn, M. (2024). A longitudinal study of Turkish-Dutch children's language mixing in single-language settings: Language status, language proficiency, cognitive control and developmental language disorder. Cognitive Development, 71, Article 101481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2024.101481
Tribushinina, E., Boz, B., Aalbers, V., & Blom, E. (2024). Revisiting bilingual foreign language learning advantages: The role of extramural exposure. International Journal of Bilingualism. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069231224542
Koskulu, S., Blom, E., van de Weijer - Bergsma, E., Grandfield, E., Verhagen, J., & Mulder, H. (2024). Teachers matter in early childhood: The relation between teacher behaviours and executive function development in toddlerhood. Infant and Child Development, 33(3), Article e2474. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2474

Other output

Blom, E. (2024). De thuistaal is een sleutel, een brug en een spiegel. Web publication/site https://multistem.net/nl/2024/thuistaal-sleutel-brug-spiegel/

2023

Scholarly publications

Blom, E. (2023). Lexical and cognitive development of children learning regional languages: Studies from the Netherlands. Nordlyd, 47(2). https://doi.org/10.7557/12.7267
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/435728/01_Blom.pdf?sequence=1
Snijders, V., van Witteloostuijn, M., Oudgenoeg - Paz, O., & Blom, E. (2023). Language mixing in young multilingual children and its correlates: A systematic review. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42023484906
Verhoeven, E., van Witteloostuijn, M., Oudgenoeg - Paz, O., & Blom, E. (2023). Optimizing language environment measures: combining LENA audio recordings with the Q-BEx questionnaire. OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/AJGH6
van Witteloostuijn, M., de Bree, E., & Blom, E. (2023). Parental language mixing and its association with language outcomes of children with (a suspicion of) Developmental Language Disorder. OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/RHNE5
Haggiyannes, A., van Witteloostuijn, M., Blom, E., & de Bree, E. (2023). The influence of parental input and parent-child interactions on language outcomes in children with (a suspicion of) Developmental Language Disorder (DLD): A Systematic Review. PROSPERO: International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=423415
Boerma, T., ter Haar, S., Ganga, R., Wijnen, F., Blom, E., & Wierenga, C. (2023). What risk factors for Developmental Language Disorder can tell us about the neurobiological mechanisms of language development. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 154, Article 105398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105398
Benders, T., & Blom, E. (2023). Computational modelling of language acquisition: an introduction. Journal of Child Language, 50(6), 1287 - 1293. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000923000429
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/433302/JCLModelling_Intro_20220623_Submitted.pdf?sequence=1
Blom, E., Fikkert, P., Scheper, A., van Witteloostuijn, M., & van Alphen, P. (2023). The Language Environment at Home of Children With (a Suspicion of) a Developmental LanguagDisorder and Relations With Standardized Language Measures. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(8), 2821-2830. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00066
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/430279/blom-et-al-2023-the-language-environment-at-home-of-children-with-_a-suspicion-of_-a-developmental-language-disorder.pdf?sequence=2
Spit, S., Geambașu, A., van Renswoude, D., Blom, E., Fikkert, P., Hunnius, S., Junge, C., Verhagen, J., Visser, I., Wijnen, F., & Levelt, C. C. (2023). Robustness of the cognitive gains in 7-month-old bilingual infants: A close multi-center replication of Kovács and Mehler (2009). Developmental Science, 26(6), Article e13377. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13377
de Cat, C., Kascelan, D., Prevost, P., Serratrice, L., Tuller, L., Unsworth, S., & Consortium Q-BEx (2023). How to quantify bilingual experience? Findings from a Delphi consensus survey. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 26(1), 112-124. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728922000359
Koskulu, S., Mulder, H., van de Weijer - Bergsma, E., & Blom, E. (2023). Examining the Role of Parents and Teachers in Executive Function Development in Early and Middle Childhood: A Systematic Review  . Developmental Review, 67, Article 101063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2022.101063
Dams, J., Schaars, M., Segers, E., & Blom, E. (2023). Understanding variation in prospective poor decoders: A person-centred approach from Kindergarten to Grade 2. Dyslexia, 29(4), 312-329. https://doi.org/10.1002/dys.1750
Daskalaki, E., Chondrogianni, V., & Blom, E. (2023). Path and rate of development in child heritage speakers: Evidence from Greek subject/object form and placement. International Journal of Bilingualism, 27(5), 634-662. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069221111648
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/431730/daskalaki-et-al-2022-path-and-rate-of-development-in-child-heritage-speakers-evidence-from-greek-subject-object-form.pdf?sequence=1
Geambasu, A., Spit, S., van Renswoude, D., Blom, E., Junge, C., Fikkert, P., Hunnius, S., Verhagen, J., Visser, I., Wijnen, F., & Levelt, C. C. (2023). Robustness of the rule-learning effect in 7-month-old infants: A close, multicenter replication of Marcus et al. (1999). Developmental Science, 26(1), 1-12. Article e13244. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13244
Bosma, E., Bakker, A., Zenger, L., & Blom, E. (2023). Supporting the development of the bilingual lexicon through translanguaging: a realist review integrating psycholinguistics with educational sciences. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 38(1), 225–247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-021-00586-6

Popularising publications

Blom, E. (2023). Meertaligheid: geen nadeel, maar voordeel. Web publication/site https://www.nemokennislink.nl/publicaties/meertaligheid-geen-nadeel-maar-voordeel/
Bosma, E., Knooihuizen, R., Blom, E., & van Koppen, M. (2023). Wat is het verschil tussen een taal en een dialect?. Web publication/site https://neerlandistiek.nl/2023/07/wat-is-het-verschil-tussen-een-taal-en-een-dialect/

2022

Scholarly publications

Blom, E., Boerma, T., Karaca, F., de Jong, J., & Küntay, A. (2022). Grammatical development in both languages of bilingual Turkish-Dutch children with and without Developmental Language Disorder. Frontiers in Communication, 7, 1-25. Article 1059427. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.1059427
Boerma, T., Wijnen, F., & Blom, E. (2022). Discontinuation of specialist educational provision for children with DLD in the Netherlands: performance and predictors. Stem-, Spraak- en Taalpathologie, 27, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.21827/32.8310/2022-SG-1
de Bree, E., Boerma, T., Hakvoort, B., Blom, E., & van den Boer, M. (2022). Word reading in monolingual and bilingual children with developmental language disorder. Learning and Individual Differences, 98, 1-10. Article 102185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2022.102185
Boerma, T., van Witteloostuijn, M., & Blom, E. (2022). Nonverbal Switching Ability of Monolingual and Bilingual Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder. Languages, 7(2), 1-20. Article 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7020108
Verhagen, J., van Stiphout, M., & Blom, E. (2022). Determinants of early lexical acquisition: Effects of word- and child-level factors on Dutch children’s acquisition of words. Journal of Child Language, 49(6), 1193 - 1213. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000921000635
Attar, Z., Blom, W. B. T., & Le Pichon, E. M. M. (2022). Towards More Multilingual Practices in the Mathematics Assessment of Young Refugee Students: Effects of Testing Language and Validity of Parental Assessment. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25(4), 1546-1561. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2020.1779648

2021

Scholarly publications

de Jong, J., Blom, E., & van Dijk, C. (2021). LITMUS SRep – een zinsherhaaltaak voor het Nederlands. Stem-, Spraak- en Taalpathologie, 26, 96-116. https://doi.org/10.21827/32.8310/2021-96
Tribushinina, E., Rijkers - Baranova, A., & Blom, E. (2021). De rol van meertalige kennis en taalbewustzijn bij het leren van Engels als vreemde taal. Levende Talen Tijdschrift, 22(4), 15-26. https://lt-tijdschriften.nl/ojs/index.php/ltt/article/view/2211
Blom, E., Berke, R., Shaya, N., & Adi-Japha, E. (2021). Cognitive flexibility in children with Developmental Language Disorder: drawing of nonexistent objects. Journal of Communication Disorders, 93, Article 106137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2021.106137
Blom, E., Soto-Corominas, A., Attar, Z., Daskalaki, E., & Paradis, J. (2021). Interdependence between L1 and L2: the case of Syrian children with refugee backgrounds in Canada and the Netherlands. Applied Psycholinguistics, 42(5), 1159-1194. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716421000229
Blom, E., Bosma, E., & Heeringa, W. (2021). Regular and irregular inflection in different groups of bilingual children and the role of verbal short-term and verbal working memory. Languages, 6(1), Article 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/LANGUAGES6010056
Boerma, T. D., & Blom, W. B. T. (2021). Crosslinguistic nonword repetition and narrative performance over time: A longitudinal study on 5- to 8-year-old children with diverse language skills. In S. Armon-Lotem, & K. Grohmann (Eds.), Language Impairment in Multilingual Settings: LITMUS in action across Europe (pp. 302-328). John Benjamins. https://www-jbe-platform-com.proxy.library.uu.nl/content/books/9789027258915-tilar.29.10boe

2020

Scholarly publications

Blom, E., & Soderstrom, M. (2020). Introduction. Journal of Child Language, 47(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000919000862
Blom, E., & Soderstrom, M. (2020). Introduction. Journal of Child Language, 47(2), 265-266. https://doi.org/10.1017/S030500092000001X
Blom, W. B. T., Boerma, T. D., & de Jong, J. (2020). Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives(MAIN) adapted for use in Dutch. In N. Gagarina, & J. Lindgren (Eds.), ZAS Papers in Linguistics: ZAS (Vol. 64, pp. 51-56). https://doi.org/10.21248/zaspil.64.2020.557
Erisman, M. C., & Blom, W. B. T. (2020). Reading outcomes in children with developmental language disorder: A person-centered approach. Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 5, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/2396941520979857
van Dijk, M., Blom, W. B. T., Kroesbergen, E. H., & Leseman, P. P. M. (2020). The influence of situational cues on children’s creativity in an alternative Uses task and the moderating effect of selective attention. Journal of Intelligence, 8(4), Article 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence8040037
Boerma, T. D., & Blom, W. B. T. (2020). Effects of developmental language disorder and bilingualism on children's executive functioning: A longitudinal study. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 107, Article 103782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103782
Timmermeister, M., Leseman, P., Wijnen, F., & Blom, E. (2020). No Bilingual Benefits Despite Relations Between Language Switching and Task Switching. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 1832. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01832
Blom, W. B. T. (2020). Cognitive and memory-related effects of child multilingualism. In I. Gogolin, A. Hansen, S. McMonagle, & D. Rauch (Eds.), Handbuch Mehrsprachigkeit und Bildung (pp. 105-108). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-20285-9_16
Francot, R., Blom, E., Broekhuizen, M., & Leseman, P. (2020). Profiles of Bilingualism in Early Childhood: A Person-centred Latent Profile Transition Approach. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 24(3), 569-582. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728920000383
Blom, W. B. T., & Boerma, T. D. (2020). Do children with Developmental Language Disorder have difficulties with interference control, visuospatial working memory, and selective attention? Developmental patterns and the role of severity and persistence of DLD. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(9), 3036-3050. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00012
Blom, W. B. T., Boerma, T. D., Bosma, E., Cornips, L., van den Heuij, K., & Timmermeister, M. (2020). Cross-language distance influences receptive vocabulary outcomes of bilingual children. First Language, 40(2), 151-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142723719892794
Daskalaki, E., Blom, W. B. T., Chondrogianni, V., & Paradis, J. (2020). Effects of Parental Input Quality in Child Heritage Language Acquisition. Journal of Child Language. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000919000850
Blom, E., & Boerma, T. (2020). Bilingual children's lexical and narrative comprehension in Dutch as the majority language. In U. Bohnacker, & N. Gagarina (Eds.), Developing Narrative Comprehension: Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (pp. 197-229). (Studies in Bilingualism; Vol. 61). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.61.07blo
Bosma, E., & Blom, W. B. T. (2020). Language activities in a minority–majority language context: book-reading at home is more important for Frisian than for Dutch. Journal of Child Language, 47(special issue 2), 289-308. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000919000023

Professional publications

Cornips, L., Blom, W. B. T., Feron, J., & Schils, T. (2020). Wat is de invloed van dialect op schoolprestaties? LBBO, Beter Begeleiden Magazine. https://www.lbbo.nl/materialenbank/wat-is-de-invloed-van-dialect-op-schoolprestaties

2019

Scholarly publications

Ticheloven, A. H. L., Blom, W. B. T., Leseman, P. P. M., & McMonagle, S. (2019). Translanguaging challenges in multilingual classrooms: scholar, teacher and student perspectives. International Journal of Multilingualism, 18(3), 491-514 . https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2019.1686002
Blom, W. B. T., & Boerma, T. D. (2019). Reciprocal relationships between lexical and syntactic skills of children with Developmental Language Disorder and the role of executive functions. Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 4, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/2396941519863984
Blom, W. B. T. (2019). Domain-general cognitive ability predicts bilingual children’s receptive vocabulary in the majority language. Language Learning, 69(2), 292-322. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12333
Bosma, E., & Blom, E. (2019). A code-switching asymmetry in bilingual children: code-switching from Dutch to Frisian requires more cognitive control than code-switching from Frisian to Dutch. International Journal of Bilingualism, 23(6), 1431-1447. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367006918798972
Daskalaki, E., Chondrogianni, V., Blom, W. B. T., Argyri, E., & Paradis, J. (2019). Input effects across domains: The case of Greek subjects in child heritage language. Second Language Research, 35(3), 421-445. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267658318787231
van Dijk, M., Kroesbergen, E. H., Blom, W. B. T., & Leseman, P. P. M. (2019). Bilingualism and Creativity: Towards a Situated-Embodied Cognition Approach. Journal of Creative Behavior, 53(2), 178-188. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.238
Leseman, P. P. M., Henrichs, L. F., Blom, W. B. T., & Verhagen, J. (2019). Young mono- and bilingual children’s exposure to academic language as related to language development and school achievement. In V. Grøver, P. Ucelli, M. Rowe, & E. Lieven (Eds.), Learning through language: Towards an Educationally Informed Theory of Language Learning (pp. 205-217). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316718537.019
Blom, W. B. T., Boerma, T. D., & de Jong, J. (2019). First language attrition and Specific Language Impairment. In M. S. Schmid, & B. Köpke (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Language Attrition Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198793595.013.10
Bosma, E., Blom, W. B. T., Hoekstra, E., & Versloot, A. (2019). A longitudinal study on the gradual cognate facilitation effect in bilingual children’s Frisian receptive vocabulary. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 22(4), 371-385. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2016.1254152

Professional publications

Blom, W. B. T., & Blumenthal, M. (2019). Wanneer verloopt de verwerving van Nederlands als tweede taal té traag? VHZ-Online. http://vhz-online.nl/wanneer-verloopt-de-verwerving-van-nederlands-als-tweede-taal-te-traag
Boerma, T. D., & Blom, W. B. T. (2019). Taalontwikkelingsstoornis en meertaligheid. Tijdschrift taal voor opleiders en onderwijsadviseurs, March(14), 20-22.

2018

Scholarly publications

Blom, W. B. T. (2018). Morphological theory and first language acquisition. In J. Audring, & F. Masini (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Morphological Theory Oxford University Press.

Professional publications

Blom, W. B. T., Oudgenoeg-Paz, O., & Verhagen, J. (2018). Wat als ouders talen mixen? Een onderzoek naar de relatie tussen mixen van talen door ouders en de taalvaardigheid van meertalige kinderen. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Logopedie, 90(7), 18-25. https://www.nvlf.nl/wetenschap/wat-als-ouders-talen-mixen/
Blom, W. B. T. (2018). Boost voor het brein? Didactief, jan/feb, 50-51. https://didactiefonline.nl/artikel/boost-voor-het-brein

2017

Scholarly publications

Marinis, T., Chondrogianni, V., Vasic, N., Weerman, F. P., & Blom, E. (2017). The impact of transparency and morpho-phonological cues in the acquisition of grammatical gender in sequential bilingual children and children with Specific Language Impairment. In Cross-linguistic Influence in Bilingualism (pp. 153-180). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.52.08mar
Blom, W. B. T., Cornips, L., & Schaeffer, J. (2017). Cross-linguistic influence in bilingualism: in honor of Aafke Hulk. Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.52
Bosma, E., Heeringa, W., Hoekstra, E., Versloot, A. P., & Blom, W. B. T. (2017). Verbal Working Memory Is Related to the Acquisition of Cross-Linguistic Phonological Regularities. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(1487). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01487
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/355984/Verbal.pdf?sequence=1
Bosma, E., Hoekstra, E., Versloot, A. P., & Blom, W. B. T. (2017). The Minimal and Short-Lived Effects of Minority Language Exposure on the Executive Functions of Frisian-Dutch Bilingual Children. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1-12. Article 1453. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01453
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/355983/minimal.pdf?sequence=1
Boerma, T. D., Leseman, P. P. M., Wijnen, F. N. K., & Blom, W. B. T. (2017). Language proficiency and sustained attention in monolingual and bilingual children with and without language impairment. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 1241. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01241
Boerma, T. D., & Blom, W. B. T. (2017). Assessment of bilingual children: What if testing both languages is not possible? Journal of Communication Disorders, 66, 65–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2017.04.001
Blom, W. B. T., Boerma, T. D., Bosma, E., Cornips, L., & Everaert, E. (2017). Cognitive advantages of bilingual children in different sociolinguistic contexts. Frontiers in Cognition, 8, Article 552. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00552
Boerma, T. D., Wijnen, F., Leseman, P. P. M., & Blom, W. B. T. (2017). Grammatical Morphology in Monolingual and Bilingual Children with and without Language Impairment: The Case of Dutch Plurals and Past Participles. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60, 2064-2080. https://doi.org/10.1044/2017_JSLHR-L-16-0351
Blom, W. B. T., & Boerma, T. D. (2017). Effects of language impairment and bilingualism across domains: vocabulary, morphology and verbal memory. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 7(3-4), 277-300. https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.15018.blo
Francot, R., van den Heuij, K., Blom, W. B. T., Heeringa, W., & Cornips, L. (2017). Inter-individual variation among young children growing up in a bidialectal community: the acquisition of dialect and standard Dutch vocabulary. In Language variation European Perspectives VI. Studies in Language Variation: Selected papers from the Eighth International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 8), Leipzig (Vol. 8, pp. 85-98). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/silv.19
Blom, W. B. T., van Dijk, C., Vasic, N., van Witteloostuijn, M., & Avrutin, S. (2017). Textese and use of texting by children with typical language development and Specific Language Impairment. Computers in Human Behavior, 66, 42-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.09.010

Professional publications

Boerma, T. D., & Blom, W. B. T. (2017). Talige en cognitieve ontwikkeling van eentalige en meertalige kinderen met en zonder een taalontwikkelingsstoornis. Van Horen Zeggen. http://vhz-online.nl/talige-en-cognitieve-ontwikkeling-van-eentalige-en-meertalige-kinderen-met-en-zonder-een-taalontwikkelingsstoornis

2016

Scholarly publications

Blom, E., & Boerma, T. (2016). Why do children with language impairment have difficulties with narrative macrostructure? Research in Developmental Disabilities, 55, 301-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2016.05.001
Blom, W. B. T., & Paradis, J. (2016). Introduction: special issue on age effects in child language acquisition. Journal of Child Language, 43(03), 473 - 478 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S030500091600012X
Boerma, T. D., Leseman, P. P. M., Timmermeister, M., Wijnen, F. N. K., & Blom, W. B. T. (2016). Narrative abilities of monolingual and bilingual children with and without language impairment: implications for clinical practice. International journal of language & communication disorders, 51(6), 626-638. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12234
van Dijk, C. N., van Witteloostuijn, M., Vasic, N., Avrutin, S., & Blom, E. (2016). The Influence of Texting Language on Grammar and Executive Functions in Primary School Children. PLoS One, 11(3), Article e0152409. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152409
Blom, W. B. T., & Bosma, E. (2016). The sooner the better? An investigation into the role of age of onset and its relation with transfer and exposure in bilingual Frisian-Dutch children. Journal of Child Language, 43(3), 581-607. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000915000574
Blom, E., Chondrogianni, V., Marinis, T., & Vasic, N. (2016). The acquisition of verbal paradigms in Dutch and Greek L2 children: Cross-linguistic differences and inflectional defaults. International Journal of Bilingualism, 20(4), 386-402. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367006915609237
Łuniewska, M., Haman, E., Armon-Lotem, S., Etenkowski, B., Southwood, F., Anđelković, D., & Blom, W. B. T. (2016). Ratings of age of acquisition of 299 words across 25 languages: Is there a cross-linguistic order of words? Behavior Research Methods, 48(3), 1154–1177. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-015-0636-6
Paradis, J., & Blom, E. (2016). Do early successive bilinguals show the English L2 pattern of precocious BE acquisition? Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 19(3), 630-635. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728915000267

Professional publications

Blom, W. B. T., Avrutin, S., van Dijk, C. N., Vasic, N., & van Witteloostuijn, M. T. G. (2016). Is er een verband tussen het gebruik van texting-taal en taalontwikkeling bij kinderen tussen de 10 en 13 jaar? Levende Talen Tijdschrift, 17(2), 3-12. http://www.lt-tijdschriften.nl/ojs/index.php/ltt/issue/view/333
Boerma, T. D., & Blom, W. B. T. (2016). Taalachterstand of taalontwikkelingsstoornis? Diagnosestelling bij meertalige kinderen als testen in beide talen niet mogelijk is. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Logopedie. https://www.nvlf.nl/wetenschap/taalachterstand-of-taalontwikkelingsstoornis/

Other output

Blom, W. B. T., Pinto, M., & Zuckerman, S. (2016). Taaltesten voor meertalige kinderen. Performance

2015

Scholarly publications

Boerma, T., Chiat, S., Leseman, P., Timmermeister, M., Wijnen, F., & Blom, E. (2015). A Quasi-Universal Nonword Repetition Task as a Diagnostic Tool for Bilingual Children learning Dutch as a Second Language. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 58(6), 1747-1760. https://doi.org/10.1044/2015_JSLHR-L-15-0058
Blom, E., Schaeffer, J., & Tsimpli, I. (2015). Reference and referentiality in native and learner grammars [Introduction]. Lingua, 155, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2015.01.005
Yarbay Duman, T., Topbas, S., & Blom, E. (2015). At the intersection of cognition and grammar: deficits comprehending counterfactuals in Turkish children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 58(2), 410-421. https://doi.org/10.1044/2015_JSLHR-L-14-0054
Chrondrogianni, V., Vasic, N., Marinis, T., & Blom, E. (2015). Production and on-line comprehension of definiteness in English and Dutch by monolingual and sequential bilingual children. Second Language Research, 31(3), 309-341. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267658314564461
Blom, E., & Paradis, J. (2015). Sources of individual differences in the acquisition of tense inflection by English second language learners with and without Specific Language Impairment. Applied Psycholinguistics, 36(4), 953-976. https://doi.org/10.1017/S014271641300057X
Chondrogianni, V., Marinis, T., Edwards, S., & Blom, W. B. T. (2015). Production and on-line comprehension of definite articles and clitic pronouns by Greek sequential bilingual children and monolingual children with specific language impairment. Applied Psycholinguistics, 36(5), 1155-1191. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716414000101
Blom, W. B. T., Vasic, N., & Baker, A. E. (2015). The pragmatics of articles in Dutch children with specific language impairment. Lingua, 155, 29-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2013.12.002

Professional publications

Blom, E. (2015). Meertaligheid is een pre. Didactief, 45(1), 36. https://didactiefonline.nl/artikel/meertaligheid-is-een-pre

2014

Scholarly publications

Blom, E., Kuntay, A., Messer, M., Verhagen, J., & Leseman, P. (2014). Do Bilingual Turkish-Dutch Children Show Working Memory Benefits despite Lower Linguistic Proficiency? In Proceedings of the Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 64-76). (Proceedings of the Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development; Vol. 1). http://search.proquest.com/docview/1629327594?accountid=14511
Blom, E., Küntay, A., Messer, M., Verhagen, J., & Leseman, P. (2014). Do bilingual Turkish-Dutch children show working memory benefits despite lower linguistic proficiency? In Proceedings of the 38th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 64-76). (BUCLD: Proceedings of the Boston University Conference on Language Development; Vol. 38). Cascadella Press.
Blom, W. B. T., de Jong, J., & Vasic, N. (2014). Production and processing of subject-verb agreement in monolingual Dutch children with Specific Language Impairment. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 952-965. https://doi.org/10.1044/2014_JSLHR-L-13-0104
Verhagen, J., & Blom, W. B. T. (2014). Asymmetries in the acquisition of subject-verb agreement in Dutch: Evidence from comprehension and production. First Language, 34(4), 315-335. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142723714544412
Blom, W. B. T., Küntay, A. C., Messer, M. H., Verhagen, J., & Leseman, P. P. M. (2014). The Benefits of Being Bilingual: Working Memory in Bilingual Turkish-Dutch Children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 128, 105-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2014.06.007
Blom, W. B. T. (2014). From the bird to the frog: A closer look at the acquisition of V2 in Dutch. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 4(3), 321-324. https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.4.3.03blo

Popularising publications

Blom, W. B. T. (2014). Digi-taal is juist goed voor het kinderbrein. Trouw, 20-20.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/294416/elmablom%2520%281%29.pdf?sequence=1

2013

Scholarly publications

Blom, W. B. T., & Wijnen, F. N. K. (2013). Optionality of finiteness: Evidence for a no overlap stage in Dutch child language. First Language, 33(3), 225-245. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142723713487612
Blom, W. B. T., de Jong, J., Orgassa, A., Baker, A. E., & Weerman, F. P. (2013). Verb inflection in monolingual Dutch and sequential bilingual Turkish-Dutch children with and without SLI. International journal of language & communication disorders, 48(4), 382-393. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12013
Blom, W. B. T., van de Craats, I., & Verhagen, J. (2013). Dummy auxiliaries in first and second language acquisition. (SOLA ed.) De Gruyter Mouton.
Blom, W. B. T. (2013). Boekbespreking van doctoral dissertation Loes Oldekamp “The trouble with inflection for adult learners of Dutch: A study of the L1-L2 interplay of morphosyntactic and phonetic-phonological factors”. Nederlandse taalkunde, 2013-3.
Blom, W. B. T., & Paradis, J. (2013). Past tense production by English second language learners with and without language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 56, 281-294. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0112)
Blom, W. B. T., & Baayen, H. R. (2013). The impact of verb form, sentence position, home language and L2 proficiency on subject-verb agreement in child L2 Dutch. Applied Psycholinguistics, 34(4), 777-811.
de Jong, J., Blom, W. B. T., & Orgassa, A. (2013). Dummy auxiliaries in children with SLI – a study on Dutch, in monolinguals and bilinguals. In W. B. T. Blom, I. van de Craats, & J. Verhagen (Eds.), Dummy auxiliaries in first and second language acquisition (pp. 251-278). (Studies on Language Acquisition (SOLA)). De Gruyter Mouton.

2012

Scholarly publications

Vasić, N., Chondrogianni, V., Marinis, T., & Blom, W. B. T. (2012). Processing of gender in Turkish-Dutch and Turkish-Greek child L2 learners. In A. K. Biller, E. Y. Chung, & A. E. Kimball (Eds.), BUCLD36: proceedings of the 36th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 646-659). Cascadilla Press. http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/w.b.t.blom/bestanden/BUCLDproceedings_2011_final_version.pdf
Blom, W. B. T., & Baayen, H. R. (2012). The impact of verb form, sentence position, home language and proficiency on subject-verb agreement in child L2 Dutch. Applied Psycholinguistics, 34(04), 777-811. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716412000021
Blom, W. B. T., Paradis, J., & Sorenson Duncan, T. (2012). Effects of input properties, vocabulary size, and L1 on the development of third person singular –s in child L2 English. Language Learning, 62(3), 965-994. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9922.2012.00715.x

Professional publications

Blom, W. B. T. (2012). Hebben tweetalige kinderen een taalachterstand? In De taalcanon: Alles wat je altijd al had willen weten over taal Meulenhof.

2011

Scholarly publications

Blom, W. B. T. (2011). Complex lexical items. Journal Title. http://taalkunde.letterentijdschriften.nl/document_articles/513.pdf
Vasić, N., & Blom, W. B. T. (2011). Production and processing of determiners in Turkish-Dutch child L2 learners. In K. Mesh, H. Sung, & N. Danis (Eds.), BUCLD35: proceedings of the 35th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 616-627). Cascadilla Press. http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/w.b.t.blom/bestanden/BUCLDproceedingsVasicBlom2011.pdf
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/294409/BUCLDproceedingsVasicBlom2011.pdf?sequence=1
Blom, W. B. T., & Vasić, N. (2011). The production and processing of determiner-noun agreement in child L2 Dutch. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 1(3), 265-290. https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.1.3.03blo
Blom, W. B. T., & de Korte, S. (2011). Dummy auxiliaries in child and adult second language acquisition of Dutch. Lingua, 121(5), 906-919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2010.12.004

2010

Scholarly publications

Blom, W. B. T., & Unsworth, S. (2010). Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research. John Benjamins.
Unsworth, S., & Blom, W. B. T. (2010). Comparing L1 children, L2 children and L2 adults. In Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research (pp. 201-222)
Blom, W. B. T. (2010). Effects of input on the early grammatical development of bilingual children. International Journal of Bilingualism, 14(4), 422-446. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367006910370917

2009

Other output

van Eijnatten, J., & Blom, W. (Ed.) (2009). War, Piracy and Punishment: Godfried Udemans' Spiritual Helm (1638). 192-214. https://doi.org/<p>DOI: 10.1163/187607508X366436</p>

2008

Scholarly publications

Blom, W. B. T. (2008). Testing the Domain-by-Age Model: inflection and placement of Dutch verbs. In B. Haznedar, & E. Gavruseva (Eds.), Current trends in child second language acquisition: a generative perspective (pp. 271-300). (Language acquisition and language disorders; 46). Benjamins.
Blom, W. B. T., Polišenská, D., & Weerman, F. (2008). Articles, adjectives and age of onset: the acquisition of Dutch grammatical gender. Second Language Research, 24(3), 297-331. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267658308090183
Blom, W. B. T., Polišenská, D., & Unsworth, S. (2008). The acquisition of grammatical gender in Dutch. SAGE. http://slr.sagepub.com/content/vol24/issue3/
Blom, W. B. T., Polišenská, D., & Unsworth, S. (2008). The acquisition of grammatical gender in Dutch [introduction]. Second Language Research, 24(3), 259-265. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267658308090187
Blom, W. B. T. (2008). Book notices. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 30, 558. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263108080893
Blom, W. B. T. (2008). The acquisition of finiteness. De Gruyter Mouton.
Blom, W. B. T., & de Korte, S. (2008). De verwerving van het Nederlands: dummies en Verb Second. Nederlandse taalkunde, 13(2), 133-159.

2007

Scholarly publications

Blom, W. B. T. (2007). Modality, infinitives and finite bare verbs in Dutch and English child language. Language Acquisition, 14(1), 75-113.
Blom, W. B. T., Polišenská, D., & Weerman, F. (2007). Effects of age on the acquisition of agreement inflection. Morphology, 16(2), 313-336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11525-007-9110-1

Other output

Blom, W. B. T., Polisenska, D., & Weerman, F. P. (2007). The acquisition of Dutch gender: determiners and adjectives.

2006

Scholarly publications

Blom, W. B. T. (2006). Agreement inflection in child L2 Dutch. In A. Belletti, E. Bennati, C. Chesi, E. DiDomenico, & I. Ferrari (Eds.), Language Acquisition and Development (pp. 49-61). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Blom, W. B. T., & Polisenska, D. (2006). Verbal Inflection and verbal placement in first and second language acquisition. In M. Vliegen (Ed.), Linguistik International 16, Variation in Sprachtheorie und Spracherwerb; Akten des 39. linguistischen Kolloquiums in Amsterdam 2004 (pp. 1-10). Lang.
Don, J., & Blom, W. B. T. (2006). A constraint-based approach to morphological neutralization. In J. van de Weijer, & B. Los (Eds.), Linguistics in the Netherlands 2006 (pp. 78-88). (AVT publications; 23). John Benjamins.
Blom, W. B. T. (2006). Recensie proefschrift Erica Thrift. Journal Title.

Popularising publications

Blom, W. B. T. (2006). Verschillende soorten van taalverwerving. In N. van der Sijs, J. Stroop, & F. Weerman (Eds.), Wat iedereen van het Nederlands moet weten en waarom (pp. 11-20). Bert Bakker.

2005

Scholarly publications

Backes, C. W., Koelemeijer, R. B. A., Blom, W. B. T., Bouwman, A., & Hammingh, P. (2005). Consequenties van de EU-luchtkwaliteitsrichtlijnen voor ruimtelijke ontwikkelingsplannen in verschillende EU-landen. RIVM uitgevers.

2004

Scholarly publications

Blom, W. B. T., & van Geert, P. (2004). Signs of a developing grammar: subject drop and inflection in early child Dutch. Linguistics, 42(1), 195-234.

2003

Scholarly publications

Blom, W. B. T. (2003). From root infinitive to finite sentence: the acquisition of verbal inflections and auxiliaries. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Utrecht University]. LOT Dissertation Series. https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/619

2002

Scholarly publications

Blom, W. B. T., & Krikhaar, E. M. (2002). Where to use a nonfinite clause: an experiment on the use of early verb forms in Dutch and English child language. In J. Costa, & M. J. Freitas (Eds.), Proceedings of the GALA'2001 Conference on Language Acquisition (pp. 17-24). Associação Portuguesa de Linguística.
Blom, W. B. T. (2002). On the use and interpretation of root infinitives in Early Child Dutch. In S. Barbiers, F. Beukema, & W. van der Wurff (Eds.), Modality and its Interaction with the Verbal System John Benjamins.

Professional publications

Blom, W. B. T. (2002). Hoe en waarom kinderen root infinitives gebruiken. AT-Net Bulletin, 67-75.

2001

Scholarly publications

Blom, W. B. T., Krikhaar, E. M., & Wijnen, F. N. K. (2001). Root infinitives in Dutch and English child language: an experimental approach. In A. H. J. Do, L. Domínguez, & A. Johansen (Eds.), Proceedings of the 25th Annual BUCLD (pp. 133-144). Cascadilla Press.
Blom, W. B. T., Krikhaar, E. M., & Wijnen, F. N. K. (2001). Nonfinite clauses in Dutch and English child language: An experimental approach. In A. H.-J. Do, L. Domínguez, & A. Johansen (Eds.), Proceedings of the 25th Annual BUCLD (pp. 133-144). Cascadilla Press.

2000

Scholarly publications

Blom, W. B. T., Kempen, M., Gillis, S., & Wijnen, F. N. K. (2000). What they hear is what you get? Infinitives and modality in child language and child-directed speech. In M. Perkins, & S. Howard (Eds.), New Directions in Language Development and Disorders Kluwer.
Wijnen, F. N. K., & Blom, W. B. T. (2000). How Dutch children's root infinitives become modal. In S. C. Howell, S. A. Fish, & T. Keith-Lucas (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th BU Conference on Language Development (pp. 128-139). Cascadilla Press.
Blom, W. B. T., Wijnen, F. N. K., Kempen, M., & Gillis, S. (2000). Betekenis blijft, vorm verandert. Modale zinnen in Nederlandse kindertaal. In S. Gilles, J. Nuyts, & J. Taeldeman (Eds.), Met taal om de tuin geleid. Opstellen voor Georges de Schutter (pp. 25-35). Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen.

1998

Scholarly publications

Jansen, A., & Blom, W. B. T. (1998). Tijdperk Taal! 10 jaar linguistiek in Utrecht. HAG.

Popularising publications

Blom, W. B. T., & Breukels, F. (1998). "Asterix in het Twents is leuker". Noordzee, 1(1), 25-27.
Blom, W. B. T. (1998). Zijn kinderen lazy learners? In E. Blom, & A.-L. Jansen (Eds.), Tijdperk Taal! 10 jaar linguistiek in Utrecht (pp. 71-83). HAG.
Blom, W. B. T. (1998). IK WIL en JIJ MOET. Over het modale gebruik van werkwoorden door Nederlandse kinderen. Link : Tijdschrift voor Linguistiek te Utrecht, 10(2), 61-77.
Blom, W. B. T., & Breukels, F. (1998). De complexe taal van allochtone jongeren in Nederland. Kleur, 1(1pp.), 24-24.

Other output

Wijnen, F. N. K., Blom, W. B. T., & Gillis, S. (1998). Modal infinitives in the speech of Dutch mothers and their children. Reims, International Pragmatics Conference, 19 juli 1998. Digital or Visual Products, .

1995

Professional publications

Andeweg, A., & Blom, E. (1995). Bibliografie Genderstudies in de Neerlandistiek. Lover, 22(4), 23-27.