PHONETIC AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN BILINGUAL TWINS: A FORENSIC PHONETICS APPROACH TO FRENCH AND MAURITIAN CREOLE

Growing up with two languages also has different ways by which the developmental of speech and cognitive abilities are affected. Bilingualism is associated with different factors such as Problem solving is sharpened, Memory enhanced and an improvement in mental flexibility is also experienced. This paper describes how twins acquire and interact with two languages and examines forensic phonetics in understanding phonetic transfer and interference between the two languages.