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Physiological Indices of Bilingualism: Oral-Motor Coordination and Speech Rate in Bengali-English Speakers.

Purpose: To examine how age of immersion and proficiency in a 2nd language influence speech movement variability and speaking rate in both a 1st language and a 2nd language. Method: A group of 21 Bengali-English bilingual speakers participated. Lip and jaw movements were recorded. For all 21 speaker...

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Published in:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 321 - 333
Main Authors: Chakraborty, Rahul, Goffman, Lisa, Smith, Anne
Format: Article
Published: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association April 2008
Subjects:
Physiological aspects of speech
Tempo (Phonetics)
Age (Psychology)
Bilingualism
Psychology
Indians (Asians)
United States
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