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Nathan, Liz; Wells, Bill; Donlan, Chris – Journal of Child Language, 1998
Examined the effect of regional accent on children's processing of speech. Children ages 4 to 7 were tested on their ability to repeat and define single words presented in their own and another accent. Word comprehension was significantly reduced in the other accent. Younger children performed less successfully and showed different error patterns…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns