The interaction of bilingualism and stuttering in an adult

Jankelowitz, Dana L.; Bortz, Melissa A.

doi:10.1016/0094-730x(94)90119-8

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“…For example, in the case study by Jayaram (1983), there was more stuttering in Kannada than in English, the more dominant language of the participant. In contrast, in the study by Jankelowitz and Bortz (1996), there was more stuttering in Kannada again, but this was considered to be the less dominant language for these participants. Additionally, recall that the most recent case study of an adult bilingual SE speaker indicated that the speaker's dominant language was English, but the speaker stuttered more in Spanish.…”

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confidence: 41%

“…Some researchers have reported more stuttering in the less dominant language (e.g., Ardila et al, 2011;Jankelowitz & Bortz, 1996;Lim et al, 2008), whereas others have reported more stuttering in the dominant language (e.g., Jayaram, 1983). Yet, there are still others who report differing patterns in those persons who are considered to be balanced bilinguals (e.g., Bernstein Ratner & Benitez, 1985).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, these data, at least, provide a starting point for the role of dominance in the manifestation of stuttering in bilinguals. For example, Jankelowitz and Bortz (1996) reported that the English-Afrikaans bilingual man in their study (age = 63 years) produced more stuttering-like speech disfluencies in his less dominant language of Afrikaans. Similarly, Lim, Lincoln, Chan, and Onslow (2008; total N = 30; age range = 12-44 years) reported increased stuttering in the less dominant language for the Mandarin-English bilinguals (n = 4) and also for the English-Mandarin bilinguals (n = 15), with similar amounts of stuttering reported between the Mandarin and English output for the balanced bilinguals (n = 11).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition to dominance, research has demonstrated that stuttering varies depending on the grammatical structure of the language being spoken (e.g., Jankelowitz & Bortz, 1996;Jayaram, 1983;Lim et al, 2008;Nwokah, 1988). The stuttering-like speech disfluencies produced across the specific languages (other than English) that were spoken by the children in Howell et al's (2009) study were not analyzed.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Disfluent Speech of Bilingual Spanish–English Children: Considerations for Differential Diagnosis of Stuttering

Byrd

Bedore

Ramos

2015

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Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and types of speech disfluencies that are produced by bilingual Spanish-English (SE) speaking children who do not stutter. The secondary purpose was to determine whether their disfluent speech is mediated by language dominance and/or language produced. Method: Spanish and English narratives (a retell and a tell in each language) were elicited and analyzed relative to the frequency and types of speech disfluencies produced. These data were compared with the monolingual English-speaking guidelines for differential diagnosis of stuttering.Results: The mean frequency of stuttering-like speech behaviors in the bilingual SE participants ranged from 3% to 22%, exceeding the monolingual English standard of 3 per 100 words. There was no significant frequency difference in stuttering-like or non-stuttering-like speech disfluency produced relative to the child's language dominance. There was a significant difference relative to the language the child was speaking; all children produced significantly more stutteringlike speech disfluencies in Spanish than in English. Conclusion: Results demonstrate that the disfluent speech of bilingual SE children should be carefully considered relative to the complex nature of bilingualism.

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Section: Language Dominancementioning

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The Disfluent Speech of Bilingual Spanish–English Children: Considerations for Differential Diagnosis of Stuttering

Byrd

Bedore

Ramos

2015

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“…Our findings are similar to those of Lim, Jankelowi, and Scott [8][9][10]. Also, this findings are in agreement with Hiwa in their study on Kurdish-Persian bilingual children who stutter, they found a significant correlation between stuttering severity in both languages being more severe in 2nd (foreign) language [11].…”

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Assessment of Severity of Stuttering in Native Versus Foreign Language in Secondary (Late) Bilingual Children

Mamdoh

Gomaa

2015

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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The present study was conducted to investigate the severity of stuttering in native versus foreign language in secondary (late) bilingual children. The speech sample of 31 children with stuttering (age ranges 10 years, 1 month to 11 years, 8 months old) speaking in their first Arabic as a (native) language and acquired second English (foreign) language in the KG1 Class of school around the age of 4 years as secondary (late) bilinguals. The speech samples were recorded using Sony MHC-E60X mini Hi Fi component cassette with a fixed distance 15 cm between the speaker and the recorder. The severity of stuttering is assessed using Arabic version of stuttering severity index (A-SSI). The results indicate that there is a significant correlation between stuttering severity in both languages, being more severe in English (foreign) language than in Arabic (native) language.

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Determining language dominance in English–Mandarin bilinguals: Development of a self-report classification tool for clinical use

Lim

Liow

Lincoln

et al. 2008

Applied Psycholinguistics

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In multilingual Asian communities, determining language dominance for clinical assessment and intervention is often complex. The aim of this study was to develop a self-report classification tool for identifying the dominant language in English–Mandarin bilinguals. Participants (N = 168) completed a questionnaire on language history and single-word receptive vocabulary tests (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test type) in both languages. The results of a discriminant analysis on the self-report data revealed a reliable three-way classification into English-dominant, Mandarin-dominant, and balanced bilinguals. The vocabulary scores supported these dominance classifications, whereas the more typical variables such as age of first exposure, years of formal instruction, and years of exposure exerted only a limited influence. The utility of this classification tool in clinical settings is discussed.

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The interaction of bilingualism and stuttering in an adult

Cited by 8 publications

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The Disfluent Speech of Bilingual Spanish–English Children: Considerations for Differential Diagnosis of Stuttering

The Disfluent Speech of Bilingual Spanish–English Children: Considerations for Differential Diagnosis of Stuttering

Assessment of Severity of Stuttering in Native Versus Foreign Language in Secondary (Late) Bilingual Children

Determining language dominance in English–Mandarin bilinguals: Development of a self-report classification tool for clinical use

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