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Language dominance in Turkish German bilinguals: methodological aspects of measurements in structurally different languages

Michael Daller, Cemal Yildiz, Nivia de Jong, Seda Kan, Ragip Basbagi

The International Journal of Bilingualism (special issue 2011), Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 215 - 236

Swansea University Author: Michael Daller

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The authors show that simple measures of fluency can reveal language dominance in bilinguals. These measures can be based onautomated procedures with the programme “Praat” that do not require any transcription of the spoken data. The authors compare oral narratives (descriptions of picture stories)...

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Published in: The International Journal of Bilingualism (special issue 2011)
ISSN: 1367-0069 1367-0050
Published: 2011
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title Language dominance in Turkish German bilinguals: methodological aspects of measurements in structurally different languages
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title_short Language dominance in Turkish German bilinguals: methodological aspects of measurements in structurally different languages
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