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Burns, Tracey C.; Yoshida, Katherine A.; Hill, Karen; Werker, Janet F. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2007
The development of native language phonetic representations in bilingual infants was compared to that of monolingual infants. Infants (ages 6-8, 10-12, and 14-20 months) from English-French or English-only environments were tested on their ability to discriminate a French and an English voice onset time distinction. Although 6- to 8-month-olds…
Descriptors: Phonetics, Infants, Monolingualism, French
Anderson, S. J.; And Others – 1985
A study of differential brain hemisphere involvement in second language acquisition is reported. The study examined the idea that the right hemisphere is progressively more involved the later the second language is acquired. Various techniques for monitoring hemispheric functioning are described, especially the Evoked Potential (EP) technique. In…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Afrikaans, Age Differences, Brain Hemisphere Functions