Semantic Scholar Open Access 2021 14 sitasi

Foreign Accent in Pre- and Primary School Heritage Bilinguals

T. Kupisch Nadine Kolb Yulia Rodina Olga Urek

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Previous research has shown that the two languages of early bilingual children can influence each other, depending on the linguistic property, while adult bilinguals predominantly show influence from the majority language to the minority (heritage) language. While this observed shift in influence patterns is probably related to a shift in dominance between early childhood and adulthood, there is little data documenting it. Our study investigates the perceived global accent in the two languages of German-Russian bilingual children in Germany, comparing 4–6-year-old (preschool) children and 7–9-year-old (primary school) children. The results indicate that in German the older children sound less accented than the younger children, while the opposite is true for Russian. This suggests that the primary school years are a critical period for heritage language maintenance.

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Psychology

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T. Kupisch

Nadine Kolb

Yulia Rodina

Olga Urek

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Kupisch, T., Kolb, N., Rodina, Y., Urek, O. (2021). Foreign Accent in Pre- and Primary School Heritage Bilinguals. https://doi.org/10.3390/LANGUAGES6020096

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Tahun Terbit: 2021
Bahasa: en
Total Sitasi: 14×
Sumber Database: Semantic Scholar
DOI: 10.3390/LANGUAGES6020096
Akses: Open Access ✓