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- Title
Speech Perception and Production by Sequential Bilingual Children: A Longitudinal Study of Voice Onset Time Acquisition.
- Authors
McCarthy, Kathleen M.; Mahon, Merle; Rosen, Stuart; Evans, Bronwen G.
- Abstract
The majority of bilingual speech research has focused on simultaneous bilinguals. Yet, in immigrant communities, children are often initially exposed to their family language (L1), before becoming gradually immersed in the host country's language (L2). This is typically referred to as sequential bilingualism. Using a longitudinal design, this study explored the perception and production of the English voicing contrast in 55 children (40 Sylheti-English sequential bilinguals and 15 English monolinguals). Children were tested twice: when they were in nursery (52-month-olds) and 1 year later. Sequential bilinguals' perception and production of English plosives were initially driven by their experience with their L1, but after starting school, changed to match that of their monolingual peers.
- Subjects
SPEECH perception in children; LONGITUDINAL method; BILINGUALISM in children; MONOLINGUALISM; SYLHETI dialect; ENGLISH language; LANGUAGE testing of children; PEER relations
- Publication
Child Development, 2014, Vol 85, Issue 5, p1965
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cdev.12275