Predicting language dominance in Spanish/English bilingual adults based on relative speech-in-speech recognition scores.

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International Journal of Bilingualism Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-02 DOI:10.1177/13670069231195394

Tiana Cowan, Lauren Calandruccio, Emily Buss, Barbara Rodriguez, Lori J Leibold

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Abstract

Purpose: Multiple dimensions of language dominance, such as language proficiency and demand for language use, can be reflected in bilinguals' speech-in-speech recognition scores. This paper explores the feasibility of using a novel measure to estimate language dominance for bilinguals: relative speech-in-speech recognition thresholds (SRTs) or the within-person difference in SRTs between their two languages.

Method: Participants were 25 Spanish/English bilingual adults (M _age = 30 years). SRTs for sentence recognition in a language-matched two-talker masker were measured in English and in Spanish using an adaptive, open-set task. Relative SRTs were calculated by subtracting the Spanish SRT from the English SRT. Language dominance and proficiency were assessed by established measures.

Analysis: Spearman correlations were used to assess the association between measures.

Findings: Relative SRTs were correlated with dominance scores derived from both a questionnaire (r _s = -.80) and standardized testing (r _s = -.80).

Originality: We tested and validated a novel measure, relative SRTs, to predict language dominance in bilingual adults. This time-efficient method could be used by bilingual researchers interested in assessing language dominance for descriptive or experimental purposes.

Significance: Relative SRTs show promise as a valid method to assess language dominance in Spanish/English bilingual adults.

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基于相对语音识别分数预测西班牙语/英语双语成年人的语言优势

语言优势的多个维度，如语言熟练度和语言使用需求，可以反映在双语者的语音识别得分中。本文探讨了使用一种新的测量方法来估计双语者语言优势的可行性：相对语音识别阈值（SRTs）或两种语言之间SRTs的人内差异。参与者为25名西班牙语/英语双语成年人（Mage = 30 年）。使用自适应的开放集任务，用英语和西班牙语测量了在语言匹配的两个说话者面具中句子识别的SRT。通过从英语SRT中减去西班牙语SRT来计算相对SRT。语言优势和熟练程度通过既定的衡量标准进行评估。Spearman相关性用于评估测量之间的相关性。相对SRTs与来自两个问卷的优势得分相关（rs = −.80）和标准化测试（rs = −.80）。我们测试并验证了一种新的测量方法，即相对SRTs，来预测双语成年人的语言优势。这种时间效率高的方法可以被有兴趣评估语言优势的双语研究人员用于描述性或实验目的。相对SRT有望成为评估西班牙语/英语双语成年人语言优势的有效方法。

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International Journal of Bilingualism Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Bilingualism is an international forum for the dissemination of original research on the linguistic, psychological, neurological, and social issues which emerge from language contact. While stressing interdisciplinary links, the focus of the Journal is on the language behavior of the bi- and multilingual individual.