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ArticleJournal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2022

Linguistically Informed Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Bilingual Children's Speech Productions: An Exploratory Study in the Jamaican Context.

Michelle León, Karla N Washington, Victoria S McKenna, Kathryn Crowe, Kristina Fritz

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Article in Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Michelle LeónDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati, OH.ORCID 0000-0002-7785-6902
Karla N WashingtonDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati, OH.ORCID 0000-0001-8261-6092
Victoria S McKennaDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati, OH.ORCID 0000-0003-4230-905X
Kathryn CroweSchool of Education, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3496-5129
Kristina FritzDepartment of Psychology, California State University Northridge, Los Angeles.ORCID 0000-0002-5324-1153
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Funding

Characterizing Bilingual Speech Sound Production in Jamaican Creole and English-Speaking PreschoolersR21DC018170 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO · PI WASHINGTON, KARLA N · 2019 to 2020
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to characterize speech acoustics in bilingual preschoolers who speak Jamaican Creole (JC) and English. We compared a standard approach with a culturally responsive approach for characterizing speech sound productions. Preschoolers' speech productions were compared to adult models from the same linguistic community as a means for providing confirmatory evidence of typical speech patterns specific to JC-English speakers.

methodTwo protocols were applied to the data collected using the Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology (DEAP) Articulation subtest: (a) the standardized DEAP protocol and (b) a culturally and linguistically adapted protocol reflective of the Jamaican post-Creole (English to Creole) continuum. The protocols were used to analyze responses from JC-English-speaking preschoolers (

resultsThe culturally responsive protocol captured variation in the frequency and acoustic differences produced in the post-Creole continuum, with higher amounts of "other" responses compared to "standard" target responses for both children and adults. Adults' whole-word durations were shorter and showed more consistent prevoicing during initial plosives compared to the children.

conclusionsApplying culturally responsive methods, including knowledge of the variation produced in the post-Creole continuum and with adult models from the same linguistic community, improved the ecological validity of speech characterizations for JC-English preschoolers. Acoustic properties of speech should be investigated further as a means of describing bilingual development and distinguishing between difference and disorder. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.20249382.

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PhoneticsSpeechAcousticsChildHumansJamaicaSpeech AcousticsSpeech Production Measurement

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PMCPMC9584129
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