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Publication details [#65167]

Reiterer, Susanne Maria, Markus Christiner and Stefanie Rüdegger. 2018. Sing Chinese and tap Tagalog? Predicting individual differences in musical and phonetic aptitude using language families differing by sound-typology. The International Journal of Multilingualism 15 (4) : 455–471.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

phonetics | primary school | song | sound | working memory

Language as a subject

Chinese | Tagalog

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study explored two typologically distinct languages (Chinese and Tagalog) and their link to musical skills in school children (ages 9–10). Outcomes disclosed that individually varying musical expertise and working memory conduce to the skill to mimic foreign speech material.