The Listening Bilingual : Speech Perception, Comprehension, and Bilingualism (Hardcover)

Author Biographies viii

Introduction 1

1 Bilingual Adults and Children: A Short Introduction 4
François Grosjean and Krista Byersi¿½]Heinlein

­Introduction 4

­General Aspects of Bilingualism 5

­Bilingual Children 13

­Summary 21

­References 21

2 Speech Perception and Comprehension 25
François Grosjean and Krista Byersi¿½]Heinlein

­Introduction 25

­From the Speech Wave to the Mental Representation 26

­Processing in Bilingual Adults 29

­Processing in Bilingual Children 33

­Summary 37

­References 37

Part I Speech Processing in Adults 41

3 Speech Perception 43
Mark Antoniou

­Introduction 43

­Perception of Speech Segments by Bilinguals 43

­Factors Affecting Bilinguals’ Speech Perception 48

­Theories of Crossi¿½]Language Speech Perception 54

­The Role of Suprasegmentals in Speech Perception 58

­Future Challenges and Directions 60

­Summary 61

­References 61

4 Spoken Word Recognition 65
François Grosjean

­Introduction 65

­How Does Word Recognition Take Place and How Do Bilinguals Fare? 66

­Language Proficiency, Use and History 67

­Lower Level Information 71

­Processing Mechanisms and Strategies 73

­The Activation of Candidates 77

­Summary 82

­References 83

5 Processing at Higher Levels 86
Robert J. Hartsuiker

­Introduction 86

­Auditory Sentence Comprehension: Stages and Principles 86

­Syntactic Analysis 90

­Processing the Meaning of Words 97

­Syntactic Integration and Revision 102

­Discussion and Conclusion 103

­Summary 104

­References 105

6 Processing Bilingual Speech 109
François Grosjean

­Introduction 109

­Does the Perception of Spoken Codei¿½]Switches Take Extra Time? 110

­The Recognition of Guest Words 115

­The Processing of Interferences 123

­Summary 126

­References 126

7 Assessing Perception and Comprehension in Bilingual Adults 129
Lui¿½]Feng Shi

­Introduction 129

­Issues in Bilingual Assessment 129

­Word Recognition 131

­Word Frequency and Familiarity 134

­Recognition of Connected Speech 137

­Factors That Affect Assessment of Speech Perception in Bilinguals 140

­Summary 144

­References 145

Part II Speech Processing in Children 151

8 Speech Perception 153
Krista Byersi¿½]Heinlein

­Introduction 153

 Simultaneous Bilingual Infants 154

­Child L2 Learners 166

­Summary 171

­References 172

9 Spoken Word Recognition 176
Krista Byersi¿½]Heinlein

­Introduction 176

­Finding Words in the Speech Stream 176

­Learning New Words 179

­Recognizing Familiar Words 184

­The Role of Speech Perception in Learning and Recognizing Words 187

­Bilingual Children’s Vocabulary 190

­Summary 194

­References 194

10 Processing at Higher Levels 199
Theres Grüter

­Introduction 199

­Asymmetries Between Comprehension and Production 201

­Reali¿½]Time Processing 205

­Crossi¿½]Linguistic Influence 207

­Input and Exposure 214

­Summary 216

­References 217

11  Assessing Perception and Comprehension in Bilingual Children, Without and With Speech and Language Impairment 220
Elizabeth D. Peña and Lisa M. Bedore

­Introduction 220

­Defining Language Impairment 220

­Phonological Perception and Word Learning 221

­Challenges in Assessment of Bilingual Children 223

­Assessment of Single Word Knowledge 227

­Parent Report Measures 228

­Assessment of Semantic Knowledge 233

­Implications for Practice 236

­Summary 236

­References 237

Index