The impact of bilingualism on the microstructure of the white matter pathways related to language processing is assessed in elementary school children by magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging (MR-DTI). Forty children, 8-11 years old, subdivided into 3 different groups (15 simultaneous bilinguals, 15 sequential bilinguals and 10 monolinguals), were scanned. The hypothesis was that the star...

This paper investigates the intonation of L3 French, produced by six bilingual learners (ages: 15–17) who speak Turkish as a heritage language (HL) along with German and same-aged monolingual learners. We examined corpus read speech in two respects: first, we determined number accentual phrases (APs) and, second, extracted F0 values for each segment, normalized them, calculated deviations from ...

The study investigated word recognition during neural activation in monolinguals and bilinguals. We specifically examined retrieval blood-oxygenation changes the prefrontal cortex a code-mixed task. Participants completed gating task incorporating monolingual sentences Spanish-English while using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure changes. Word contained four phonotactic c...

Given that children with Down syndrome (DS) have language learning difficulties, concerns been raised about the capacity of these to acquire two (or more) languages. This research examines profiles bilingual DS and typically developing (TD) in comparison monolinguals, a view towards identifying factors associated abilities within populations. Four groups were recruited: Welsh-English bilinguals...

This study aims at examining the occurrence and direction of any phonetic interlanguage interference among Yemeni Arabic-English bilinguals by indicating acoustic similarities differences L1 Arabic stops produced comparing it to monolinguals. It investigates Voice Onset Time in initial medial position as well Preceding Vowel Duration position. A total 60 native subjects were involved this study...

Bilinguals’ observed perceptual shift across language contexts for shared acoustic properties between their languages supports the idea that bilinguals, but not monolinguals, develop two phonemic representations same property. This phenomenon is known as double boundary. investigation replicated previous findings of bilinguals’ boundary a series go/no-go tasks while controlling confounding effe...

The current study aimed at investigating the performance of bilingual children with English as an additional language (EAL) on and literacy measures compared to monolinguals across first four years primary school in U.K. Moreover, it addressed whether bilinguals monolinguals’ reading comprehension was consistent Simple View Reading. An area interest examine extent which use exposure both herita...