Native language perceptual sensitivity predicts nonnative speech perception differently in younger and older singaporean bilinguals

We investigate in this study how individual variability in native language speech perception (termed Perceptual Sensitivity) influences nonnative speech perception in Singaporean Tamil-English bilinguals. Further, we assess if and how contextual and demographic factors influence Perceptual Sensitivi...

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Main Authors: Kalaivanan, Kastoori, Wong, Patrick C. M., Wong, Francis C. K., Chan, Alice Hiu Dan
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1701842023-08-31T01:35:53Z Native language perceptual sensitivity predicts nonnative speech perception differently in younger and older singaporean bilinguals Kalaivanan, Kastoori Wong, Patrick C. M. Wong, Francis C. K. Chan, Alice Hiu Dan School of Humanities Humanities::Linguistics Language Multilingualism We investigate in this study how individual variability in native language speech perception (termed Perceptual Sensitivity) influences nonnative speech perception in Singaporean Tamil-English bilinguals. Further, we assess if and how contextual and demographic factors influence Perceptual Sensitivity in the acquired languages and if the influence of Perceptual Sensitivity on nonnative speech perception is different across younger and older bilinguals. Ministry of Education (MOE) This research is supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education, Academic Research Fund, Tier 2 Grants MOE 2019-T2-1-125 and MOE 2015-T2-1-120, and Tier 1 Grant RG 71/18, awarded to A.H.D.C. 2023-08-31T01:35:53Z 2023-08-31T01:35:53Z 2023 Journal Article Kalaivanan, K., Wong, P. C. M., Wong, F. C. K. & Chan, A. H. D. (2023). Native language perceptual sensitivity predicts nonnative speech perception differently in younger and older singaporean bilinguals. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(3), 987-1017. https://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00199 1092-4388 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170184 10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00199 36800502 2-s2.0-85150000196 3 66 987 1017 en MOE2015-T2-1-120 MOE2019-T2-1-125 RG 71/18 Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research © 2023 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. All rights reserved.
institution Nanyang Technological University
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country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Humanities::Linguistics
Language
Multilingualism
spellingShingle Humanities::Linguistics
Language
Multilingualism
Kalaivanan, Kastoori
Wong, Patrick C. M.
Wong, Francis C. K.
Chan, Alice Hiu Dan
Native language perceptual sensitivity predicts nonnative speech perception differently in younger and older singaporean bilinguals
description We investigate in this study how individual variability in native language speech perception (termed Perceptual Sensitivity) influences nonnative speech perception in Singaporean Tamil-English bilinguals. Further, we assess if and how contextual and demographic factors influence Perceptual Sensitivity in the acquired languages and if the influence of Perceptual Sensitivity on nonnative speech perception is different across younger and older bilinguals.
author2 School of Humanities
author_facet School of Humanities
Kalaivanan, Kastoori
Wong, Patrick C. M.
Wong, Francis C. K.
Chan, Alice Hiu Dan
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author Kalaivanan, Kastoori
Wong, Patrick C. M.
Wong, Francis C. K.
Chan, Alice Hiu Dan
author_sort Kalaivanan, Kastoori
title Native language perceptual sensitivity predicts nonnative speech perception differently in younger and older singaporean bilinguals
title_short Native language perceptual sensitivity predicts nonnative speech perception differently in younger and older singaporean bilinguals
title_full Native language perceptual sensitivity predicts nonnative speech perception differently in younger and older singaporean bilinguals
title_fullStr Native language perceptual sensitivity predicts nonnative speech perception differently in younger and older singaporean bilinguals
title_full_unstemmed Native language perceptual sensitivity predicts nonnative speech perception differently in younger and older singaporean bilinguals
title_sort native language perceptual sensitivity predicts nonnative speech perception differently in younger and older singaporean bilinguals
publishDate 2023
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170184
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