The impact of extrinsic demographic factors on Cantonese speech acquisition.
Clin Linguist Phon
; 27(5): 323-38, 2013 May.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23635334
ABSTRACT
This study modeled the associations between extrinsic demographic factors and children's speech acquisition in Hong Kong Cantonese. The speech of 937 Cantonese-speaking children aged 2;4 to 6;7 in Hong Kong was assessed using a standardized speech test. Demographic information regarding household income, paternal education, maternal education, presence of siblings and having a domestic helper as the main caregiver was collected via parent questionnaires. After controlling for age and sex, higher maternal education and higher household income were significantly associated with better speech skills; however, these variables explained a negligible amount of variance. Paternal education, number of siblings and having a foreign domestic helper did not associate with a child's speech acquisition. Extrinsic factors only exerted minimal influence on children's speech acquisition. A large amount of unexplained variance in speech ability still warrants further research.
Texto completo:
1
Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Linguagem Infantil
/
Povo Asiático
/
Desenvolvimento da Linguagem
/
Transtornos do Desenvolvimento da Linguagem
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
/
Prognostic_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
/
Child, preschool
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Linguist Phon
Assunto da revista:
PATOLOGIA DA FALA E LINGUAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article