Nova versão do teste de repetição de pseudopalavras LITMUS-QU-NWR-EP

Abstract

In this paper, we present a nonword repetition test (LITMUS-QU-NWR) created to assess the phonology of monolingual and bilingual children. This test, available in several languages, has two parts. One part is quasi universal, i.e., independent of the target language, and the other part is language-dependent. We present the steps involved in the adaptation of the test into European Portuguese and the criteria for selecting the phonological parameters to be incorporated into the Portuguese version. Those were motivated by the phonological acquisition patterns exhibited by monolingual Portuguese children, as well as by the results of an initial pilot study that led to a reformulation of the test.