A recently published review article by Adriana Hanulíková and Helena Levy in Languages shows why research on children’s speech processing should take greater account of the kinds of accent and variety experience children actually have. Rather than categorizing children broadly as “monolingual” or “bilingual,” the authors argue for more gradual and fine-grained measures of linguistic experience, including children’s everyday exposure to regional varieties, L2 accents, and different speakers.
Hanulíková, A., & Levy, H. (2025). Quantifying Experience with Accented Speech to Study Monolingual and Bilingual School-Aged Children’s Speech Processing. Languages, 10(4), 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages10040080