Compensation for Phonological Assimilation in Bilingual Children
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| Title: | Compensation for Phonological Assimilation in Bilingual Children |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Carbajal, M. Julia (ORCID |
| Source: | Language Learning and Development. 2020 16(2):141-160. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 20 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Auditory Perception, Word Recognition, Video Games, Toddlers, French, English, Bilingualism, Young Children, Phonology, Linguistic Input, Interference (Language), Nouns, Task Analysis, Pictorial Stimuli, Comparative Analysis, Phonemes |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15475441.2020.1717955 |
| ISSN: | 1547-5441 |
| Abstract: | We investigate bilingual children's perception of assimilations, i.e. phonological rules by which a consonant at a word edge adopts a phonological feature of a neighboring consonant. For instance, English has place assimilation (e.g., "green" is pronounced with a final [m] in "green pen"), while French has voicing assimilation (e.g., "sac" is pronounced with a final [g] in "sac vert" "green bag"). Previous research has shown that French and English monolingual toddlers compensate for the assimilation rule of their language, correctly recovering the intended words, but not for a rule that does not exist in their language. Using a word recognition videogame with French sentences, we show that French-English bilingual 6-year-olds perform exactly like French monolinguals of the same age: they compensate for voicing but not for place assimilation. Thus, despite their dual language input they have acquired French voicing assimilation and show no interference from English place assimilation. |
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| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1247378 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | We investigate bilingual children's perception of assimilations, i.e. phonological rules by which a consonant at a word edge adopts a phonological feature of a neighboring consonant. For instance, English has place assimilation (e.g., "green" is pronounced with a final [m] in "green pen"), while French has voicing assimilation (e.g., "sac" is pronounced with a final [g] in "sac vert" "green bag"). Previous research has shown that French and English monolingual toddlers compensate for the assimilation rule of their language, correctly recovering the intended words, but not for a rule that does not exist in their language. Using a word recognition videogame with French sentences, we show that French-English bilingual 6-year-olds perform exactly like French monolinguals of the same age: they compensate for voicing but not for place assimilation. Thus, despite their dual language input they have acquired French voicing assimilation and show no interference from English place assimilation. |
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| ISSN: | 1547-5441 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15475441.2020.1717955 |
