EFFECTS OF 2ND-LANGUAGE STUDY OF PHONEMIC DISCRIMINATION AND AUDITORYEVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS IN ADULTS

Authors
GRUBB JD BUSH AM GEIST CR
Citation
Jd. Grubb et al., EFFECTS OF 2ND-LANGUAGE STUDY OF PHONEMIC DISCRIMINATION AND AUDITORYEVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS IN ADULTS, Perceptual and motor skills, 87(2), 1998, pp. 447-456
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
87
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
447 - 456
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1998)87:2<447:EO2SOP>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
This study was designed to investigate the effects of acquisition of a second language on auditory event-related brain potentials and discri mination of foreign language phonemes by 36 women (ages 18 to 47 years ), and 25 men (ages 18 to 36 years) and of varying linguistic backgrou nd, in response to synthetic versions of Japanese phonemes. Subjects w ere subsequently tested on discrimination between spoken Japanese phon emes. Analysis indicated that the men and women differed in phonologic al processing and in the way acquisition of the second language affect ed phonological processing.