Speech perception and production by sequential bilingual children: a longitudinal study of voice onset time acquisition.
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SUBMITTER: McCarthy KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4282029 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep-Oct
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Speech perception and production by sequential bilingual children: a longitudinal study of voice onset time acquisition.
McCarthy Kathleen M KM Mahon Merle M Rosen Stuart S Evans Bronwen G BG
Child development 20140813 5
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 monoli ...[more]
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