Perceptual asymmetries and lexical effects in L2 vowel discrimination
Cebrian, Juli (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (19è: 2019: Melbourne)

Date:	2019
Description:	4 pàg.
Abstract:	This paper examines the relationship between perceived similarity between first language (L1) and second language (L2) vowels and discrimination of L2 vowel pairs in light of L2 speech models'predictions on L2 vowel discrimination. The study also explores the role of word status (real vs. nonsense word) in L2 vowel discrimination. Fortyfour Spanish learners of English performed a perceptual assimilation task and two L2 vowel discrimination tasks. The discrimination tasks presented the members of each pair in the two possible orders (e. g. , /i/-/ɪ/, /ɪ/-/i/), and stimuli were embedded in real and nonsense words. Results showed that discrimination accuracy was not always explained by crosslinguistic mapping relations as proposed by L2 speech models such as the Perceptual Assimilation Model-L2. Further, directional asymmetries emerged, mirroring previous findings in infant and adult perception. Finally, discrimination accuracy was greater in real words than in non-sense words, underscoring the influence of lexical categories in L2 perception.
Rights:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Comunicació de congrés ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	L2 speech perception ; Vowel discrimination ; Cross-linguistic similarity
Published in:	Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, (2019) , p. 2590-2594, ISBN 978-0-646-80069-1

Adreça original del congrés: https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/icphs/icphs2019

5 p, 876.7 KB

The record appears in these collections:
Contributions to meetings and congresses > Papers and communications > UAB papers and communications