Dynamic differences in child bilinguals’ production of diphthongs
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2011/04/0013/000182Keywords:
Bilingualism, diphthongs, SSANOVA, language acquisitionAbstract
This paper examines the cross-linguistic phonetic interactions in the production of diphthongs by French-English bilingual children. The study aims to investigate (1) whether English diphthongs (e.g. /aɪ/ as in bye) and French tautosyllabic vowel-glide combinations (e.g. /aj/ as in baille ‘yawn’) have different phonetic implementations, and if so, (2) whether bilingual children maintain two separate categories. Using SSANOVA to compare formant contours, the results showed distinct phonetic patterns for each category. The results also indicated that bilingual children with a reduced amount of input in French show overlapping acoustic properties.References
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