Title
Voice onset time in Spanish-English bilinguals: Early versus late learners of English
Keywords
Bilingual speakers; Language acquisition; Voice
Abstract
Thirty-two Hispanic speakers of English were evenly divided into two groups based on whether or not their initial learning of English began prior to, or after the age of 12 years. Each group had an even number of males (16) and females (16). The subjects were recorded producing a protocol of 18 basic speech syllables. The first three repetitions (54 tokens) were chosen for analysis. The 1728 tokens were digitized and measured for voice onset time (VOT). Findings support the hypothesis that the VOT values of Hispanics speaking English differ according to whether initial learning of English began prior to or after the age of 12 years. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) found significant main effects of group, place, voice, and gender. Significant interactions were group by voice, and voice by gender.
Publication Date
5-1-1998
Publication Title
Journal of Communication Disorders
Volume
31
Issue
3
Number of Pages
215-229
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9924(97)00053-1
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
0031861919 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0031861919
STARS Citation
Thornburgh, Dianne F. and Ryalls, John H., "Voice onset time in Spanish-English bilinguals: Early versus late learners of English" (1998). Scopus Export 1990s. 3544.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus1990/3544