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A longitudinal study of the phonological development of two Cantonese–English bilingual children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1999

Alison Holm  and
Barbara Dodd
Alison Holm*
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Barbara Dodd
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
*
Barbara Dodd, Speech Department, University of Newcastle, King George VIth Building, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom Email: b.j.dodd@ncl.ac.uk
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Abstract

Longitudinal case studies of the successive phonological acquisition of two Cantonese–English bilingual children, aged 2;3 to 3;1 years and 2;9 to 3;5 years, are presented. The children were assessed at 4-week intervals. The first assessment of their phonology occurred when they had been exposed to English for three months. Phoneme acquisition and phonological process data revealed that both children had separate phonological systems for the two languages. The two phonological systems for each child developed in similar ways to monolingual children acquiring Cantonese and English. However, a number of error patterns, indicative of disorder in monolingual children, were evident in the children's phonological systems in English and in Cantonese. These patterns have been documented as normal error patterns for successive bilingual Cantonese–English speaking children. The difference between normal successive bilingual phonological development and normal monolingual development is addressed.

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Research Article
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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 1999 , pp. 349 - 376
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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