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ArticleInternational journal of speech-language pathology2025

Phonemic and pitch variability in bilingual preschoolers: A comparison of Jamaican Creole and English.

Amna Samir Mira, Mary Elizabeth Wilkens, Karla Nadine Washington, Victoria Sue McKenna

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Article in International journal of speech-language pathology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Amna Samir MiraDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Mary Elizabeth WilkensDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Karla Nadine WashingtonDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Victoria Sue McKennaDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

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 purpose of this study was to investigate the cross-linguistic influences of Jamaican Creole (JC) and English on phonemic and vocal development in bilingual JC-English-speaking preschoolers.

methodSixteen typically developing children (12 females,

resultAnalyses showed a significant effect of language on

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Child LanguageMultilingualismPhoneticsSpeech AcousticsVoice QualityChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansJamaicaMaleSpeech Production Measurementacousticsbilingualismphonemic variabilityspeech developmentvocal variabilityVOT

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PMID38375802
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