The development of phonetic representation in bilingual and monolingual infants
The development of phonetic representation in bilingual and monolingual infants
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DOI：
10.1017/s0142716407070257
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发表时间：
2007-07-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Werker, Janet F.
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作者：
Burns, Tracey C.;Yoshida, Katherine A.;Werker, Janet F.
本研究比较了双语幼儿和单语幼儿母语语音表征的发展。婴儿(6-8岁。10-12个月和14-20个月)来自只有英语-法语或英语的环境，测试他们区分法语和英语声母声调的能力。尽管6到8个月大的婴儿的反应相似，但与语言环境无关。到10-12个月时，两组婴儿都表现出了特定于语言的感知能力：单语者表现出对母语英语边界的重新调整，而双语者开始区分两种母语边界。这表明，从出生起接触两种语言的婴儿就具备了将每一种语言作为母语进行语音处理的能力，语音表征的发展既不会延迟，也不会受到其他语言的影响。
The development of native language phonetic representations in bilingual infants was compared to that of monolingual infants. Infants (ages 6-8. 10-12, and 14-20 months) from English-French or English-only environments were tested on their ability to discriminate a French and an English voice onset tone distinction. Although 6- to 8-month-olds responded similarly irrespective of language environment. by 10-12 months both groups of infants displayed language-specific perceptual abilities: the monolinguals demonstrated realignment to the native English boundary whereas the bilinguals began discriminating both native boundaries. This suggests that infants exposed to two languages from birth are equipped to phonetically process each as a native language and the development of phonetic representation is neither delayed nor compromised by additional languages.