Cross-Linguistic Influence on Nasalance in Vietnamese-English Bilingual Speakers: Why Is Nasalance Higher for the Vowel/a/ Than /i/?
Purpose: Previous studies have reported higher nasalance values for the vowel /a/ compared to /i/ in Vietnamese-speaking children and adults. This study aims to determine whether the same pattern is present in Vietnamese-English bilingual speakers and whether their nasalance scores align more closel...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 79 - 97 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=190839086&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 190839086 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2026 vid: 69 iid: 1 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association artinfo: ui: 190839086 10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00310 ppf: 79 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: Cross-Linguistic Influence on Nasalance in Vietnamese-English Bilingual Speakers: Why Is Nasalance Higher for the Vowel/a/ Than /i/? aug: au: Lee, Sue Ann S. Tam Minh Nguyen-Phuoc Duc Minh Nguyen affil: Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Anomaly Clinic, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock Ph.D. program in Rehabilitation Science, Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam School of Odonto-Stomatology, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam su: Ethnology research Multilingualism Phonetics Language acquisition Vowels Data analysis Two-way analysis of variance Physiological aspects of speech Statistics English language Human voice Data analysis software sug: subj: Ethnology research Multilingualism Phonetics Language acquisition Vowels Data analysis Two-way analysis of variance Physiological aspects of speech Statistics English language Human voice Data analysis software ab: Purpose: Previous studies have reported higher nasalance values for the vowel /a/ compared to /i/ in Vietnamese-speaking children and adults. This study aims to determine whether the same pattern is present in Vietnamese-English bilingual speakers and whether their nasalance scores align more closely with those of monolingual Vietnamese or monolingual English speakers. Method: Sixteen Vietnamese-English bilingual adults participated in the study. Nasalance data of 16 monolingual Vietnamese speakers and 16 monolingual English speakers were adopted from the author's previous studies. Nasalance scores were obtained for three prolonged vowels; syllables; and oral, oral-nasal, and nasal passages in both English and Vietnamese. Results: Vietnamese-English bilingual speakers exhibited higher nasalance scores for the prolonged vowel /a/ compared to /i/. However, no significant differences were observed between the two vowels in the syllable context. For between-group comparisons, the bilingual speakers produced lower nasalance scores for prolonged vowels /a/ and /i/, syllables with /a/ vowel context, and all three Vietnamese passages, compared to Vietnamese monolinguals. However, the bilinguals' scores were similar to those of English monolinguals for all stimuli, except for /a/. Conclusions: The nasalance scores of Vietnamese-English bilinguals more closely resembled those of monolingual English speakers, suggesting an influence of the second language on resonance domain. However, the higher nasalance score of /a/ compared to /i/ indicates that bilingual speakers retain native resonance characteristics when other linguistic factors are minimized. These findings contribute to our understanding of cross-linguistic influences on nasalance and provide important insight for clinical assessment in Vietnamesespeaking populations in the United States. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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