Vowel inventory size matters: Assessing cue-weighting in L2 vowel perception
AUTOR(ES)
Souza, Hanna Kivistö-de, Carlet, Angélica, Jułkowska, Izabela Anna, Rato, Anabela
FONTE
Ilha Desterro
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2017-12
RESUMO
Abstract: To examine whether L1 vowel inventory size could be a contributing factor to the use of temporal cues in L2 vowel perception, this study assessed the perception of English /i-ɪ/ by 66 learners of four different L1s: Danish, Portuguese, Catalan and Russian. The L2 learners performed a forced-choice identification task containing natural and duration-manipulated stimuli. Findings suggest that the participants’ over-reliance on duration cues seems to be partially related to their L1 vowel inventory size. The participants with the largest L1 vowel inventory (Danish) demonstrated the most native-like vowel perception and the participants with the smallest L1 vowel inventory (Russian) over-relied on duration cues more than the other learners. Interestingly, the participants with somewhat comparable L1 vowel inventories (Portuguese and Catalan) performed similarly.
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