Vowel duration as a cue for coda voicing and the perception of second-language vowel quantity

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Vowel duration as a cue for coda voicing and the perception of second-language vowel quantity

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

When acquiring the phonology of a second language (L2), a learner may have to dissociate a perceptual cue from what it marked in the first language (L1) and attach it to another linguistic entity. This study examined the acquisition of Czech vowel quantity by native speakers of American English. In Czech, vowel duration is reserved for cuing short/long vowel (V/V:) contrasts, while in English it is an important cue for coda obstruent voicing. It is not certain whether in Czech, as in many other languages, voiced codas lengthen the preceding vowels; if they do, a vowel should be more likely to be perceived as short before a voiced obstruent and as long before a voiceless one. A perceptual V/V: categorization experiment showed that for Czech listeners (n=54) the V/V: boundary came slightly (3.93 ms) but consistently (p{.001) later before a voiced coda. If English learners transfer L1 perceptual strategies to their L2 Czech, the V/V: boundary shift should be even larger.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Vowel duration as a cue for coda voicing and the perception of second-language vowel quantity

Popis výsledku anglicky

When acquiring the phonology of a second language (L2), a learner may have to dissociate a perceptual cue from what it marked in the first language (L1) and attach it to another linguistic entity. This study examined the acquisition of Czech vowel quantity by native speakers of American English. In Czech, vowel duration is reserved for cuing short/long vowel (V/V:) contrasts, while in English it is an important cue for coda obstruent voicing. It is not certain whether in Czech, as in many other languages, voiced codas lengthen the preceding vowels; if they do, a vowel should be more likely to be perceived as short before a voiced obstruent and as long before a voiceless one. A perceptual V/V: categorization experiment showed that for Czech listeners (n=54) the V/V: boundary came slightly (3.93 ms) but consistently (p{.001) later before a voiced coda. If English learners transfer L1 perceptual strategies to their L2 Czech, the V/V: boundary shift should be even larger.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

AI - Jazykověda

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2008

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Proceedings of Acoustics'08 Paris

ISBN

978-2-9521105-4-9

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

5

Strana od-do

6153-6157

Název nakladatele

Société Française d'Acoustique

Místo vydání

Paris

Místo konání akce

Paris

Datum konání akce

29. 6. 2008

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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