Babbling of Twins in a Bilingual Environment

Examines the phonetic characteristics of babbling by a pair of fraternal twins raised in a bilingual environment (English/Serbian). The study focused on the basic articulatory form of babbling, the impact of twinship on babbling patterns, and whether effects specific to one or another of the ambient...

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Published inApplied psycholinguistics Vol. 18; no. 4; p. 453
Main Authors Zlatic, Larisa, Macneilage, Peter, Matyear, Christine L, Davis, Barbara L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.12.1997
Subjects
Bilingualism
Child Language
Code Switching (Language)
Family Environment
Idioglossia
Infants
Language Patterns
Language Research
Language Variation
North American English
Phonetics
Serbocroatian
Syllables
Twins
Uncommonly Taught Languages
Vowels
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Summary:Examines the phonetic characteristics of babbling by a pair of fraternal twins raised in a bilingual environment (English/Serbian). The study focused on the basic articulatory form of babbling, the impact of twinship on babbling patterns, and whether effects specific to one or another of the ambient languages could be observed. (30 references) (Author/CK)
ISSN:0142-7164
DOI:10.1017/S0142716400010936