Home Language Experience Shapes Which Skills Are Used during Unfamiliar Speech Processing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5899952 |
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| Authors | Susannah V Levi (0000-0002-3115-8981, New York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 159 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/languages9050159 |
| OpenAlex | W4395685692 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 45 |
Speech mixed with noise and speech that is of an unfamiliar variety both make the task of understanding more difficult. Children are often more negatively affected by these situations than adults. Numerous studies have examined the cognitive and linguistic skills that support spoken language processing. In the current study, we examine the contribution of linguistic exposure and various cognitive and linguistic skills for spoken word recognition of an unfamiliar variety of speech (German-accented English). The Ease of Language Understanding model predicts that working memory skills are needed in the most difficult listening situations. Two groups of school-age children were drawn from a larger sample: those with exposure to multiple languages in the home and those exposed to only English in the home. As predicted, working memory skills predicted performance for children with less varied linguistic experience (those only exposed to English in the home), but not for children with varied linguistic exposure. In contrast, linguistic skills predicted performance for children with more varied linguistic experience, even though the two groups did not differ overall in any of the assessed skills. These findings support the Ease of Language Understanding model of language processing
Active listening · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive skill · German · Linguistics · Spoken language · Variety (cybernetics · Communication · Computer Science · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation · Language Development and Disorders · Psychology
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