Abstract
Real-time word recognition in heritage speakers: Evidence from the visual world paradigm
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.155(3_Supplement), pp.A79-A79
03/01/2024
DOI: 10.1121/10.0026871
Abstract
Up to 20% of children in the US come from multilingual households (Census, 2019). However, current language development models are still mostly based on monolingual input. Heritage speaker (HS) children pose a challenge for current understandings of monolingual language development because their first language (the heritage language, HL) becomes their less dominant language as they age (often when schooling begins), and their second language (the majority language, ML) eventually becomes dominant, despite a delayed start. Here, lexical processing—a key hub in the language system—is targeted as a model system in which to ask how HSs become more automatic language processors in the ML. To do so, the proposed study focuses on spoken word recognition, which is a critical bottleneck in early language development, as the ability to efficiently recognize continuous speech paves the way for higher level language abilities. Successful recognition requires listeners to suppress competitors, such that only the target word remains. We present eye-tracking data from school-aged HSs who have become more dominant in English (n = 30). Our findings show that HSs, despite a delayed start in English, reach target words efficiently. We discuss the strategies employed by HS children to resolve competition in their ML.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Real-time word recognition in heritage speakers: Evidence from the visual world paradigm
- Creators
- Ethan Kutlu - University of IowaJacob BoudreauSamantha ChiuJamie Klein-PackardBob McMurray - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Publication Details
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.155(3_Supplement), pp.A79-A79
- DOI
- 10.1121/10.0026871
- ISSN
- 0001-4966
- eISSN
- 1520-8524
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2024
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Linguistics; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Center for Social Science Innovation; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984656658602771
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