Perceptual assimilation of British English vowels to Spanish monophthongs and diphthongs
Cebrian, Juli (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Filologia Anglesa i de Germanística)

Date:	2019
Abstract:	This study examined the perceived similarity between Standard British English vowels and Spanish vowels, including Spanish diphthongs, not usually considered in studies on cross-language categorization. Twenty-nine Spanish speakers performed two perceptual assimilation tasks that differed in the number of response alternatives provided, that is, including or excluding diphthongs. The participants also performed an L1 vowel identification task. The results showed that Spanish listeners consistently perceived English diphthongs as closer to Spanish diphthongs than to Spanish monophthongs, with comparatively high assimilation scores. These results emphasize the need to include diphthongs in cross-language comparisons and second-language acquisition studies involving languages like Spanish.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-34 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad FFI2017-88016-P
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	British English ; Cross languages ; Second language acquisition
Published in:	Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 145, núm. 1 (january 2019) , p. EL52-EL58, ISSN 0001-4966

DOI: 10.1121/1.5087645
PMID: 30710926

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