The Development of More Than One Phonology: A Case Study of a Norwegian-English Bilingual Child  

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Johnson, Carolyn E. ; Lancaster, Paige

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Bilingualism (Full Text) vol. 2 no. 3 (Nov. 1998), page 265-300.
Topik: acquisition; Norwegian-English; phonology
Fulltext: 265-300.pdf (2.28MB)

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There is increasing evidence that bilingual children are able to separate their languages from the earliest stages of language production, but very little of this data comes from phonological acquisition studies. This study investigates the lexical forms and speech sound production o f a child learning Nonvcgian and English bilingually from birth. Data for lexical analysis are words attested by the hlacArthur Development Inventory for Infants and diary data nhcn thc child was 1;2 to 1;8. Phonological analysis was based on audio recordings ofthe child at 1;9 in scparate Nonvcgian and English-language contexts. The child's tnnslation equivalcnts and preference for using each language with the speakers of that language show that he did not treat English and Nonvcgian a s a unified language system. He maintained this distinction in aspects of his sound production, including ( I ) the size and some distributional characteristics of his phonetic inventory in each language environment, (2) differential accuracy by word position in matching adult phonemes in the t\vo languages, and (3) relative preference for monosyllables and coda consonants in English. His phone inventory diffcrcd from those o f both English and Nonvcgian monolingual 2-year-olds. These results are discussed in terms oflshat it means to have scparate phonological systems.

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