Language Attitudes and Stereotypes Condition the Processing of Contact-Induced Linguistic Variants [0.03%]
语言态度和刻板印象影响语言接触变异体的加工过程
Sonia Barnes,Whitney Chappell
Sonia Barnes
This study examines the effect of language attitudes and stereotypes on vowel perceptions by two groups of listeners from Asturias, Spain that differ in their relationship with the languages present in their communities: Spanish, the nation...
Unveiling the Relationship Between L2 Utterance Fluency and Perceived Fluency in Monologic and Dialogic Speaking [0.03%]
揭开二语连贯性与感知连贯性在独白和对话口语中的关系
Jianmin Gao,Peijian Paul Sun
Jianmin Gao
The study explored the relationship between L2 utterance fluency and perceived fluency in monologic and dialogic speaking. A total of 136 Chinese university English learners with diverse L2 proficiency levels and three experienced raters pa...
Second-Language Acquisition and First-Language Attrition of Speech: The Production of Arabic and English Short Vowels [0.03%]
第二语言习得与第一语言退化对发音的影响——以阿拉伯语和英语元音的发音为例
Lisa Kornder,Amirah Saud Alharbi,Anouschka Foltz
Lisa Kornder
This study investigates if two groups of experienced late bilinguals (Arabic-English, English-Arabic) produce the Arabic vowels /ɪ, u, a/ and the English vowels /ɪ, ʊ, æ/ with nativelike formant values (F1, F2) compared with Arabic and ...
Systematicity in Variability: English Coda Laterals of English-Malay Bilinguals in Multi-Accent Singapore [0.03%]
变异中的系统性——多元口音的新加坡英Malay双语者的英语尾音 lateral
Jasper Hong Sim,Brechtje Post
Jasper Hong Sim
Outcomes of early phonological acquisition in multi-accent contexts can be especially wide-ranging, raising the question of whether children exposed to multiple accents in one community are building the same linguistic systems. This present...
Shan Luo
Shan Luo
The debate about the rhotic sound in Standard Mandarin (i.e., Putonghua) focuses on its articulation as a retroflex and its classification as either a fricative or an approximant. To address these questions, this study examines the syllable...
Jiří Milička,Anna Marklová,Michal Láznička et al.
Jiří Milička et al.
Research into iconicity, systematicity, and sound-symbolism has revealed that the connection between linguistic form and meaning is not completely arbitrary. In the present study, native Czech speakers, unfamiliar with Hindi, were presented...
Exploring the Relationship Between Mental Boundary Strength and Phonetic Accommodation [0.03%]
探究心理边界强度与语音适应之间的关系
Iona Gessinger,Nicolas Becker,Benjamin R Cowan
Iona Gessinger
We motivate a possible relationship between the psychological concept of mental boundaries and the linguistic phenomenon of phonetic accommodation, proposing that thinner boundaries may indicate a greater disposition to phonetically adapt t...
Jaime A Booz,Sarah Hargus Ferguson,Brett R Myers
Jaime A Booz
Clear speech is a speaking style adopted by talkers who perceive a barrier to effective communication. Clear speech has been reported to have acoustic characteristics that are similar to those of speech perceived as feminine (e.g., expanded...
Cross-Linguistic Association Between Phonological Awareness and Connected Speech Perception Skills of Chinese EFL Young Learners [0.03%]
中国英语学习者在音系意识和连贯语篇感知技能的跨语言联系研究
Huichao Bi,Rong Yan,Samad Zare
Huichao Bi
Phonological awareness (PA) is of great significance to children's early language learning and cognitive development. However, there has been a clear lack of research on the role of PA in developing children's perception of connected speech...
Second Dialect Acquisition by North Korean Refugee Speakers: Acquiring Seoul Korean Stops [0.03%]
朝鲜难民学习首尔话塞音的第二方言习得研究
Jungah Lee,Kaori Idemaru,Charlotte Vaughn
Jungah Lee
This study examined Korean three-way stop contrasts produced by North Korean (NK) immigrant speakers now living in South Korea, from the perspective of second dialect acquisition (SDA). Their production was compared with that of South Korea...