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ArticleChild development2026

Language exposure, input diversity and receptive vocabulary affect stop and vowel perception in Spanish-dominant Spanish-English bilingual children.

Simona Montanari, Jeremy Steffman, Robert Mayr

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Simona MontanariDepartment of Child and Family Studies, California State University, Los Angeles, United States.
Jeremy SteffmanDepartment of Linguistics and English Language, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
Robert MayrCentre for Speech, Hearing and Communication Research, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, Wales, U.K.

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Speech Sound Perception and Production in Spanish/English Bilingual PreschoolersR15DC019493 · NIDCD · CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES · PI MONTANARI, SIMONA · 2021 to 2021
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National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders 2021-2025NIDCD NIH HHS R15 DC019493NIDCD NIH HHS R15DC019493NIH HHS
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Abstract

Language-specific speech perception intensifies at preschool age; yet no study has examined this phenomenon in bilinguals. This study explores stop and vowel perception in English and Spanish in 74 Mexican-origin children (mean age: 50 months; 37 Spanish-English bilinguals, 24 females; 37 English monolinguals, 23 females) and examines whether language exposure, input diversity, and receptive vocabulary moderate bilinguals' perception in each language. Bilinguals' English stop-but not vowel-perception, as assessed through a forced-choice minimal-pair identification task in 2022 and 2023, was partially affected by Spanish, suggesting subtle bilingual-monolingual differences. The effect of input diversity on perception was mediated by vocabulary in English and exposure in Spanish, highlighting the complex interplay of input- and proficiency--related variables on bilingual perception.

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bilingual childrenSpanish and Englishspeech perception

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PMID42118995
PMCPMC13571841

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