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Article: Lexical prosody beyond first-language boundary: Chinese lexical tone sensitivity predicts English reading comprehension

TitleLexical prosody beyond first-language boundary: Chinese lexical tone sensitivity predicts English reading comprehension
Authors
KeywordsLexical prosody
Cantonese lexical tone
English lexical stress
Reading comprehension
Lexical quality hypothesis
Bilingualism
Issue Date2016
PublisherElsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622873/description
Citation
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2016, v. 148, p. 70-86 How to Cite?
AbstractThis 1-year longitudinal study examined the role of Cantonese lexical tone sensitivity in predicting English reading comprehension and the pathways underlying their relation. Multiple measures of Cantonese lexical tone sensitivity, English lexical stress sensitivity, Cantonese segmental phonological awareness, general auditory sensitivity, English word reading, and English reading comprehension were administered to 133 Cantonese–English unbalanced bilingual second graders. Structural equation modeling analysis identified transfer of Cantonese lexical tone sensitivity to English reading comprehension. This transfer was realized through a direct pathway via English stress sensitivity and also an indirect pathway via English word reading. These results suggest that prosodic sensitivity is an important factor influencing English reading comprehension and that it needs to be incorporated into theoretical accounts of reading comprehension across languages.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/229572
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.082
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dc.contributor.authorChoi, W-
dc.contributor.authorTong, X-
dc.contributor.authorCain, K-
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-23T14:11:57Z-
dc.date.available2016-08-23T14:11:57Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2016, v. 148, p. 70-86-
dc.identifier.issn0022-0965-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/229572-
dc.description.abstractThis 1-year longitudinal study examined the role of Cantonese lexical tone sensitivity in predicting English reading comprehension and the pathways underlying their relation. Multiple measures of Cantonese lexical tone sensitivity, English lexical stress sensitivity, Cantonese segmental phonological awareness, general auditory sensitivity, English word reading, and English reading comprehension were administered to 133 Cantonese–English unbalanced bilingual second graders. Structural equation modeling analysis identified transfer of Cantonese lexical tone sensitivity to English reading comprehension. This transfer was realized through a direct pathway via English stress sensitivity and also an indirect pathway via English word reading. These results suggest that prosodic sensitivity is an important factor influencing English reading comprehension and that it needs to be incorporated into theoretical accounts of reading comprehension across languages.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherElsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622873/description-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Experimental Child Psychology-
dc.subjectLexical prosody-
dc.subjectCantonese lexical tone-
dc.subjectEnglish lexical stress-
dc.subjectReading comprehension-
dc.subjectLexical quality hypothesis-
dc.subjectBilingualism-
dc.titleLexical prosody beyond first-language boundary: Chinese lexical tone sensitivity predicts English reading comprehension-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailChoi, W: willchoi@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailTong, X: xltong@hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.authorityTong, X=rp01546-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jecp.2016.04.002-
dc.identifier.pmid27135168-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84964466837-
dc.identifier.hkuros261351-
dc.identifier.volume148-
dc.identifier.spage70-
dc.identifier.epage86-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000378452500005-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-

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