Spanish-English bilingual voice onset time in spontaneous code-switching
Spanish-English bilingual voice onset time in spontaneous code-switching
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DOI：
10.1177/1367006913516035
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发表时间：
2015-08-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Koops, Christian
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作者：
Balukas, Colleen;Koops, Christian
在这项研究中，我们测试的假设，语码转换导致语音收敛检查语音起始时间（VOT）实现在新墨西哥州的西班牙语-英语双语者的自发语码转换讲话。我们发现，平均VOT持续时间值在新墨西哥西班牙语属于典型的非接触式品种的语言范围内，而新墨西哥英语显示VOT值在低范围内的典型非接触式英语。当我们研究西班牙语和英语单词在不同程度上接近代码转换点的VOT值时，我们发现了类似的不对称性。在西班牙语中，最近的语码转换没有明显的影响。相反，在英语中，靠近代码转换点会导致VOT值显著降低，即在西班牙语的方向上。我们认为，虽然这里研究的数据并没有直接证明语码转换和长期语音收敛之间的因果关系，他们不会不符合这样一个观点。我们讨论了一些可能的原因观察到的不对称西班牙语和英语。
In this study, we test the hypothesis that code-switching leads to phonological convergence by examining voice onset time (VOT) realization in the spontaneous code-switched speech of New Mexican Spanish-English bilinguals. We find that average VOT duration values in New Mexican Spanish fall within the range typical of non-contact varieties of the language, while New Mexican English displays VOT values in the low range of typical non-contact English. When we examine the VOT values of Spanish- and English-language words at varying degrees of proximity to code-switch points, we find a similar asymmetry. In Spanish, no effect of recent code-switching is evident. In English, conversely, close proximity to code-switch points results in a significant reduction in VOT values, i.e. in the direction of Spanish. We argue that while the data studied here do not directly demonstrate a causal connection between code-switching and long-term phonological convergence, they would not be inconsistent with such a view. We discuss a number of possible causes for the observed asymmetry between Spanish and English.