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Children's perception of dialect variation.

Laura Wagner1, Cynthia G Clopper1, John K Pate2

  • 1Ohio State University.

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Children as young as five can distinguish between familiar and foreign accents. They also connect regional accents to cultural items, showing developing dialect perception.

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Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Sociolinguistics

Background:

  • Regional dialects provide social information about speakers.
  • Understanding children's perception of dialect is crucial for developmental studies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate five- to six-year-old children's ability to perceive regional dialect differences.
  • To determine if children associate specific dialects with cultural elements.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted with five- to six-year-old children.
  • Experiment 1: Children categorized speakers based on accent.
  • Experiment 2: Children matched speakers to cultural items using Home, Regional, and Second-Language dialects.

Main Results:

  • Children could categorize speakers when contrasting Home and Second-Language dialects.
  • Children reliably linked cultural items to dialects in both Home vs. Second-Language and Regional vs. Second-Language comparisons.
  • Perceptual skill with dialect variation is developing in young children.

Conclusions:

  • Five- to six-year-old children demonstrate developing abilities in dialect perception.
  • Children appear to have a gradient understanding of dialect variation.
  • Social and cultural associations with dialects emerge in early childhood.