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Direct linkKriengwatana, Buddhamas Pralle; Escudero, Paola – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: This study tested an assumption of the Natural Referent Vowel (Polka & Bohn, 2011) framework, namely, that directional asymmetries in adult vowel perception can be influenced by language experience. Method: Data from participants reported in Escudero and Williams (2014) were analyzed. Spanish participants categorized the Dutch vowels…
Descriptors: Vowels, Language Enrichment, Language Acquisition, Perception
Gordon-Salant, Sandra; Yeni-Komshian, Grace H.; Bieber, Rebecca E.; Ureta, David A. Jara; Freund, Maya S.; Fitzgibbons, Peter J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: Older native speakers of English have difficulty in understanding Spanish-accented English compared to younger native English speakers. However, it is unclear if this age effect would be observed among native speakers of Spanish. The current study investigates the effects of age and native language experience with Spanish on the ability…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Listening Skills, Native Language, Language Enrichment
DeAnda, Stephanie; Bosch, Laura; Poulin-Dubois, Diane; Zesiger, Pascal; Friend, Margaret – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2016
Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop the Language Exposure Assessment Tool (LEAT) and to examine its cross-linguistic validity, reliability, and utility. The LEAT is a computerized interview-style assessment that requests parents to estimate language exposure. The LEAT yields an automatic calculation of relative language exposure and…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Language Skills, Infants, Children
Kaushanskaya, Margarita; Yoo, Jeewon; Van Hecke, Stephanie – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: The goal of this research was to examine whether phonological familiarity exerts different effects on novel word learning for familiar versus unfamiliar referents and whether successful word learning is associated with increased second-language experience. Method: Eighty-one adult native English speakers with various levels of Spanish…
Descriptors: Phonology, Familiarity, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Adults
Shi, Lu-Feng – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2012
Purpose: The present study was designed to investigate what linguistic variables best predict bilingual recognition of acoustically degraded sentences and how to identify bilingual individuals who might have more difficulty than their monolingual counterparts on such tasks. Method: Four hundred English speech-perception-in-noise (SPIN) sentences…
Descriptors: Sentences, Linguistics, Monolingualism, Language Enrichment
Marian, Viorica; Blumenfeld, Henrike K.; Kaushanskaya, Margarita – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: To develop a reliable and valid questionnaire of bilingual language status with predictable relationships between self-reported and behavioral measures. Method: In Study 1, the internal validity of the Language Experience and Proficiency Questionnaire (LEAP-Q) was established on the basis of self-reported data from 52 multilingual adult…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Profiles, Multilingualism, Language Enrichment
