Phonological acquisition in Welsh – English bilingual children

Munro, Siân; Ball, Martin J.; Müller, Nicole; Duckworth, Martin; Lyddy, Fiona

doi:10.1080/14769670410001683467

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“…For example, the Welsh-dominant bilinguals produced Welsh /-bl/, /-ld/ and /-lx/ accurately between 2;6 and 3;0, but acquisition was not maintained in the subsequent age group. Fluctuating patterns of this kind have been well documented in the literature (Mayr et al, in press;Munro et al, 2005;Smit et al, 1990;Templin, 1957). They may be a manifestation of individual variation in the cross-sectional sample of this study, or due to differences in lexical acquisition patterns (Ota & Green, 2013).…”

Section: Cluster Acquisition and Agementioning

confidence: 88%

“…Despite a relatively modest sample size, the study thus constitutes a meaningful extension of existing normative data on singleton consonant acquisition (Ball et al, 2001a(Ball et al, , 2001bMunro et al, 2005) and onset cluster acquisition (Mayr et al, in press) in the same population. The results underscore the importance of the fact that monolingual norms cannot be readily applied to bilinguals.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Note that for the purposes of the present study, acquisition was defined in terms of Sander's (1972) criterion for 'age of acquisition', i.e. 75% correct, in line with many previous studies of phonological acquisition (Munro et al, 2005;So & Dodd, 1995;Templin, 1957).…”

Section: Patterns Of Acquisitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These results are not surprising considering most of these clusters contain sounds that are known to be acquired late in singletons (cf. Ball et al, 2001aBall et al, , 2001bMunro et al, 2005 for Welsh; Dodd, Holm, Hua & Crosbie, 2003;Templin, 1957 for English).…”

Section: Cluster Acquisition and Agementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In contrast, Gildersleeve-Neumann et al (2008) showed that English-dominant Spanish-English bilinguals made fewer errors on English words than those with equal exposure to both languages. Similarly, Munro, Ball, Müller, Duckworth and Lyddy's (2005) study of singleton consonant acquisition in Welsh-English bilingual children and Mayr, Jones and Mennen's (in press) study of onset cluster acquisition in the same population yielded dominance effects. In both studies, the Welsh-dominant bilinguals demonstrated better phonological skills in Welsh than the English-dominant bilinguals.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Asymmetries in phonological development: the case of word-final cluster acquisition in Welsh–English bilingual children

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This study provides the first systematic account of word-final cluster acquisition in bilingual children. To this end, 40 Welsh-English bilingual children differing in language dominance and age (2;6 to 5;0) participated in a picture-naming task in English and Welsh. The results revealed significant age and dominance effects on cluster acquisition, with greater overall accuracy on the English clusters. Interestingly, although the Welsh-dominant children outperformed the English-dominant ones on the Welsh clusters, they did not exhibit a concomitant lag on the English clusters. It is argued that this asymmetry is a direct reflection of the sociolinguistic situation in Wales with English as the majority language and Welsh the minority language. The study also revealed accelerated rates of acquisition for English clusters compared with age-matched monolinguals reported elsewhere (Templin, 1957), thereby supporting claims that bilingual contexts may have a facilitative effect on phonological acquisition

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Section: Cluster Acquisition and Agementioning

confidence: 88%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%