Dialects

for exam 2

Ethnicity

A collection of social, cultural, and racial variables that affect behavior.

Dialect

A language variation with its own semantic, morphologic, syntactic, and pragmatic features that is a result of sociocultural variables (i.e., geography, SES, family, age (?) etc.)

In bidialectal/bilingual children...

Many "errors" are results of old learning affecting the new.

- /bes/ for "vase" in a Spanish- speaking boy

- /dɛ/ for "desk" in an AAE-speaking girl

Phoneme redundancy

The cause of phonemes being omitted

Phoneme equivalency

The cause of phonemes being substituted

Step 1 for evaluating bilingual/bidialectal children

avoid test that are biased against the childs ethnocultural background

Step 2 for evaluating bilingual/bidialectal children

conversational speech samples with family/caregivers be primary data source for phonological analysis

Step 3 for evaluating bilingual/bidialectal children

treat any disorders in both languages

Step 4 for evaluating bilingual/bidialectal children

expect to modify treatment to suit individual child

Step 5 for evaluating bilingual/bidialectal children

develop resources on the language and culture of ethnic minority children in the service area

Step 6 for evaluating bilingual/bidialectal children

watch for any new publications

re: language and speech in diverse populations

Step 7 for evaluating bilingual/bidialectal children

refer to an SLP who speaks the childs language/dialect

Step 8 for evaluating bilingual/bidialectal children

be the childs advocate

Step 1 for supporting bilingual/bidialectal children

understand the characteristics of the childs first language

step 2 for supporting bilingual/bidialectal children

assess family resources

step 3 for supporting bilingual/bidialectal children

obtain the services of a competent interpreter