The role of vocabulary knowledge for tongue twister repetition in bilingual children with and without language impairment

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dc.contributor.advisorBedore, Lisa M.en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPeña, Elizabeth Den
dc.creatorMitidieri, Maria Nicoleen
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-4033-019Xen
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-20T17:10:06Zen
dc.date.available2015-10-20T17:10:06Zen
dc.date.issued2015-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2015en
dc.date.updated2015-10-20T17:10:06Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThis study evaluates the relationship between semantic and phonological representations via the comparison of vocabulary knowledge and tongue twister performance in 34 bilingual Spanish-English children with and without language impairment (LI). In Spanish and English, scores and error analyses for eight four-word tongue twisters were compared to their vocabulary scores on the Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test (EOWPVT). Results indicated the typically developing (TD) group outperformed the group with LI in all areas. Positive significant correlations occurred between vocabulary knowledge and tongue twister performance in both languages and negative significant correlations between vocabulary knowledge and specific tongue twister error types demonstrated cross-language and cross-group discrepancies. These results imply that semantic knowledge and language experience and exposure influence bilingual children's performance on tongue twisters repetition tasks.en
dc.description.departmentCommunication Sciences and Disordersen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2MK75en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/31812en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectTongue twistersen
dc.subjectVocabulary knowledgeen
dc.subjectBilingual Spanish-Englishen
dc.subjectLanguage impairmenten
dc.titleThe role of vocabulary knowledge for tongue twister repetition in bilingual children with and without language impairmenten
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentCommunication Sciences and Disordersen
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication Sciences and Disordersen
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austinen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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