Chapter 5 Flashcards
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Demographics
persons from multicultural backgrounds are increasing greatly in the U.S
What are elective services?
- choice-accent training for adults, for example
- Public schools: no elective services. We treat disorders, not differences
Speech sound errors:
transfer from L1 (first language) or actual characteristics of a disorder
Transfer-
a structure in L2 (second language) is influenced directly by a structure in L1 (first language)
What are Dialects?
-mutually intelligible forms of a language associated with a particular region,
ethnicity, or social class.
In U.S., business dialect is…
-General American English (also called Mainstream American English and Standard American English)
Children may be..
bilingual or bidialectal
What are the Two kinds of bilingualism?
- Simultaneous- children is exposed to two languages at birth
- Successive-l1 at birth and l2 comes later
Age of L2 acquisition is important for accent
You will have a good L2 accent if:
- Exposed to L2 before approximately 8 years of age
- They used to say puberty (12-13 years)
Children all over the globe exhibit phonological processes:
- Consonant cluster reduction
- Fronting of velars
- Stopping of Fricatives
NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES
- NA languages spoken mainly by elders, not children
- Many NA langs have glottal stops
SPANISH-SPEAKING CHILDREN
- Hispanic community is the nations largest minority community
- 2010 census: 50.5 million Hispanics/latinos in U.S- 16% of total population(not on exam)
- 63% of Hispanics are mexican
Spanish phonological system is..
simpler than English
How many vowels does English and Spanish have?
English has 15 vowels; Spanish has 5
Spanish doesn’t have /v,th,th,z,3/
No initial s cluster(ex: spend, skate)
Assessment and Treatment
- Make sure interpreter speaks same dialect
- Get a conversational sample
- Only treat for disorders, not differences
What are 5 factors influencing use of AAE
- Age (younger ch. use it more)
- Socioeconomic status (low-SES families use it more than middle and upper SES)
- Geographic location (more in the south)
- Education (l;ess in highly educated families)
- Gender (more boys than girls)
5 Factors Influencing Use of AAE
- Age (younger ch use it more)
- Socioeconomic status (low-SES families use it more than middle- and upper-SES)
- Geographic location (more in the south)
- Education (less in highly educated families)
- Gender (more boys than girls)
Phonological Characteristics of AAE
- Metathesis (aeks/aesk)
- Final consonant deletion
- Cluster reduction
- d/th very common
what are speech sound errors:
Transfer from L1 (First lang) or actual characteristics of a disorder
what is transfer?
a structure in L2 ( second lang) is influenced directly by a structure in L1
Asian, Pacific islander and Arabic letters languages
- in 2012, there was 18.9 millions Asians in the Us
- largest groups:
1. Chinese
2. Filipinos
3. Asians Indians - great heterogeneity of langs
In U.S. business dialect is…
General American English (Also called Mainstream American English and Standard American English
Children may be…
bidialectal or bilingual
What are the two kinds of bilingualism>?
- Stimultaneous
- Successive (L1 at birth and L2 later)
Age of L2 acquisition important for accent