Vowel inventory size matters: assessing cue-weighting in L2 vowel perception
In: Ilha do Desterro, Jg. 70 (2017), Heft 3, S. 33-46
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To examine whether L1 vowel inventory size could be a contributing factor to the use of temporal cues in L2 vowel perception, this study assessed the perception of English /i-ɪ/ by 66 learners of four different L1s: Danish, Portuguese, Catalan and Russian. The L2 learners performed a forced-choice identification task containing natural and duration-manipulated stimuli. Findings suggest that the participants’ over-reliance on duration cues seem to be partially related to their L1 vowel inventory size. The participants with the greatest L1 vowel inventory (Danish) demonstrated the most native-like vowel perception and the participants with the smallest L1 vowel inventory (Russian) over-relied on duration cues more than the other learners. Interestingly, the participants with somewhat comparable L1 vowel inventories (Portuguese and Catalan) performed similarly.
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Vowel inventory size matters: assessing cue-weighting in L2 vowel perception
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Hanna Kivistö-de Souza ; Carlet, Angélica ; Julkowska, Izabela ; Rato, Anabela |
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Zeitschrift: | Ilha do Desterro, Jg. 70 (2017), Heft 3, S. 33-46 |
Veröffentlichung: | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2017 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0101-4846 (print) ; 2175-8026 (print) |
DOI: | 10.5007/2175-8026.2017v70n3p33 |
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