Bilingual and Monolingual Children Prefer Native-Accented Speakers

Bilingual and Monolingual Children Prefer Native-Accented Speakers

Adults and young children prefer to affiliate with some individuals rather than others. Studies have shown that monolingual children show in-group biases for individuals who speak their native language without a foreign accent (Kinzler, Dupoux, & Spelke, 2007). Some studies have suggested th...

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Main Authors: Andre L. eSouza, Krista eByers-Heinlein, Diane ePoulin-Dubois
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
bilingualism
Children
language development
Foreign-accented speech
social biases
in-group biases
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00953/full

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