Tuning in to the prosody of a novel language is easier without orthography

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081740%3A_____%2F25%3A00617034" target="_blank" >RIV/68081740:_____/25:00617034 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/61989592:15210/25:73629484
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bilingualism-language-and-cognition/article/tuning-in-to-the-prosody-of-a-novel-language-is-easier-without-orthography/5A46BC3A2F5EF223322144EE508541A5" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bilingualism-language-and-cognition/article/tuning-in-to-the-prosody-of-a-novel-language-is-easier-without-orthography/5A46BC3A2F5EF223322144EE508541A5</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1366728925000082" target="_blank" >10.1017/S1366728925000082</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Tuning in to the prosody of a novel language is easier without orthography
Original language description
Mastering prosody is a different task for adults learning a second language and infants acquiring their first. While prosody crucially aids the process of L1 acquisition, for adult L2 learners it is often considerably challenging. Is it because of an age-related decline in the language-learning ability or because of unfavorable learning conditions? We investigated whether adults can auditorily sensitize to the prosody of a novel language, and whether such sensitization is affected by orthographic input. After 5 minutes of exposure to Māori, Czech listeners could reliably recognize this language in a post-test using low-pass filtered clips of Māori and Malay. Recognition accuracy was lower for participants exposed to the novel-language speech along with deep-orthography transcriptions or orthography with unfamiliar characters. Adults can thus attune to novel-language prosody, but orthography hampers this ability. Language-learning theories and applications may need to reconsider the consequences of providing orthographic input to beginning second-language learners.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA21-09797S" target="_blank" >GA21-09797S: Learning to recognize words: a developmental cross-dialectal perspective</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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