Articulation skills in bilingual children with a migration background: a comparison between bilingual Turkish-Dutch, Arabic-Dutch and monolingual Dutch children
| Autor: | Fran Van Lancker, Julie Daelman, Cassandra Alighieri, Kristiane Van Lierde, Evelien D'haeseleer, Imke Kissel, Marilien Laperre |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Linguistics and Language
Turkey Turkish Cognitive Neuroscience media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Emigrants and Immigrants Multilingualism Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Developmental psychology Speech and Hearing Belgium Phonetics Humans Speech Language proficiency Child Neuroscience of multilingualism Phonological Disorder Language media_common Speech Intelligibility LPN and LVN language.human_language Morocco Phonological rule language Syllable Articulation (phonetics) Psychology Child Language geographic locations |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Communication Disorders. 87:105993 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9924 |
| Popis: | Background/aims There is a lack of studies investigating articulation skills in bilingual children with a migration background. Therefore, the present study compared articulation skills in bilingual Turkish-Dutch/Moroccan Arabic-Dutch children with migration background and monolingual Dutch children without migration background. Moreover, possible factors influencing articulation skills were determined. Methods 15 bilingual Turkish-Dutch, 15 bilingual Moroccan Arabic-Dutch and an age and gender matched group consisting of 15 monolingual Dutch children, all aged between 6 and 7 years and living in Flanders, were included in the present study. Articulation was evaluated using a picture naming test. Speech samples were transcribed phonetically and articulatory analysis, including a phonetic inventory and phonetic and phonological analyses, was performed. The phonetic analysis made a distinction between distortions, substitutions, additions, and omissions. For the phonological analysis, a distinction between syllable structure processes, substitution processes and assimilation processes was made. Moreover, parents were administered a self-report questionnaire to determine possible factors influencing articulation skills. Results A statistically significant difference in additions was found when comparing the three groups. Interestingly, both the Turkish-Dutch and Moroccan Arabic-Dutch groups used additions that were not present in the Dutch group (i.e. respectively addition of the [ə] and [ər]). Concerning phonological analysis, it was found that deletions of final consonants were more present in the bilingual groups compared to the monolingual group. Moreover, statistically significant effects of origin, home language, and language preference of the child were found on presence of both phonetic errors and phonological disorders. Conclusion Findings of the present study showed that some phonetic errors and phonological processes were more present in the group of bilingual children with migration background compared to the group of monolingual children without migration background. Interestingly, phonetic errors and phonological processes were more present when (1) the child had a Turkish origin, or (2) when the dominant language at the home environment was Turkish, or (3) when the preferred language of the child was Turkish. Given the increased attention to migration, findings of the present study are highly important for speech-language pathologists, teachers, and more generally, all professionals working with bilingual populations with a Moroccan Arabic or Turkish migration background. |
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