PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION OF ENGLISH STOPS BY NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKERS
PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION OF ENGLISH STOPS BY NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKERS
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DOI：
10.1016/s0095-4470(19)30538-8
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发表时间：
1987-01-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
EEFTING, W
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作者：
FLEGE, JE;EEFTING, W
本研究考察了两组母语西班牙语成人和母语西班牙语9-10岁的儿童在5-6岁开始学习英语作为第二语言（L2）时，在英语和西班牙语单词的初始位置产生/B，d，g/和/p，t，k/。它还研究了同一受试者对从/da/到/ta/的VOT连续体的识别。在所有三个组的主题/p，t，k/与显着更长的语音起始时间（VOT）值在英语比西班牙语单词，但显着较短的VOT值在英语单词比年龄匹配的英语单语者。受试者也意识到西班牙语/p，t，k/与年龄匹配的西班牙语单语者相比，VOT值显著更短。两组成人受试者的平均/da/-/ta/类别边界，但不是儿童受试者，发生在显着较短的平均值比年龄匹配的单语英语。这些结果被解释为，虽然母语为西班牙语的英语开发了英语[ph]，[th]和[kh]的语音类别，但他们并没有真正意识到/p，t，k/，因为他们的大部分L2输入可能是西班牙口音的英语，而不是英语母语者所说的英语。
This study examined production of /b, d, g/ and /p, t, k/ in the initial position of English and Spanish words by two groups of native Spanish adults and native Spanish 9–10 year-olds who began learning English as a second language (L2) by the age of 5–6 years. It also examined identification by the same subjects of a VOT continuum ranging from /da/ to /ta/. The subjects in all three groups produced /p, t, k/ with significantly longer voice onset time (VOT) values in English than Spanish words, but with significantly shorter VOT values in English words than age-matched English monolinguals. The subjects also realized Spanish /p, t, k/ with significantly shorter VOT values than age-matched Spanish monolinguals. The mean /da/–/ta/ category boundaries of the two groups of adult subjects, but not the child subjects, occurred at significantly shorter mean values than those of age-matched monolingual speakers of English. The results are interpreted to mean that although the native Spanish speakers of English developed phonetic categories for English [ph], [th], and [kh], they did not realize /p, t, k/ authentically because much of their L2 input was likely to have been Spanish-accented English rather than the English spoken by English native speakers.