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Huang, Becky H.; Jun, Sun-Ah – Language and Speech, 2011
This study reports an exploratory analysis of the age of arrival (AoA) effect on the production of second language (L2) prosody. Three groups of Mandarin-speaking immigrants (N = 10 in each group) with varying AoA in the United States and ten native speakers of English as controls participated in the study. All participants read a paragraph of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Mandarin Chinese, Native Speakers, North American English
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Whalley, Karen; Hansen, Julie – Journal of Research in Reading, 2006
While the critical importance of phonological awareness (segmental phonology) to reading ability is well established, the potential role of prosody (suprasegmental phonology) in reading development has only recently been explored. This study examined the relationship between children's prosodic skills and reading ability. Hierarchical multiple…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Reading Comprehension, Reading Ability, Children