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Article: Early childhood language memory in the speech perception of international adoptees

TitleEarly childhood language memory in the speech perception of international adoptees
Authors
Issue Date2010
PublisherCambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JCL
Citation
Journal Of Child Language, 2010, v. 37 n. 5, p. 1123-1132 How to Cite?
AbstractIt is as yet unclear whether the benefits of early linguistic experiences can be maintained without at least some minimal continued exposure to the language. This study compared 12 adults adopted from Korea to the US as young children (all but one prior to age one year) to 13 participants who had no prior exposure to Korean to examine whether relearning can aid in accessing early childhood language memory. All 25 participants were recruited and tested during the second week of first-semester college Korean language classes. They completed a language background questionnaire and interview, a childhood slang task and a Korean phoneme identification task. Results revealed an advantage for adoptee participants in identifying some Korean phonemes, suggesting that some components of early childhood language memory can remain intact despite many years of disuse, and that relearning a language can help in accessing such a memory. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/132037
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.990
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dc.contributor.authorAu, TKFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorJun, SAen_HK
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dc.date.available2011-03-07T08:01:25Z-
dc.date.issued2010en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Child Language, 2010, v. 37 n. 5, p. 1123-1132en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0305-0009en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/132037-
dc.description.abstractIt is as yet unclear whether the benefits of early linguistic experiences can be maintained without at least some minimal continued exposure to the language. This study compared 12 adults adopted from Korea to the US as young children (all but one prior to age one year) to 13 participants who had no prior exposure to Korean to examine whether relearning can aid in accessing early childhood language memory. All 25 participants were recruited and tested during the second week of first-semester college Korean language classes. They completed a language background questionnaire and interview, a childhood slang task and a Korean phoneme identification task. Results revealed an advantage for adoptee participants in identifying some Korean phonemes, suggesting that some components of early childhood language memory can remain intact despite many years of disuse, and that relearning a language can help in accessing such a memory. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009.en_HK
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherCambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JCLen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Child Languageen_HK
dc.rightsJournal of Child Language. Copyright © Cambridge University Press.-
dc.subject.meshAdoption - psychology-
dc.subject.meshLanguage Tests-
dc.subject.meshMemory-
dc.subject.meshMultilingualism-
dc.subject.meshSpeech Perception-
dc.titleEarly childhood language memory in the speech perception of international adopteesen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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