L1 Allophones in L2 Speech Production: The Case of English Learners of Spanish
L1 Allophones in L2 Speech Production: The Case of English Learners of Spanish
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L2 语音生成中的 L1 同位素：西班牙语英语学习者的案例
作者：
Gabriela Vokić
虽然人们普遍认为成人第二语言学习者只关注音素对比所需的声音方面，但对第二语言语音学习过程中的音位变体所起的作用却知之甚少。人们普遍认为，说话人没有意识到和获得第一语言（L1）的音位变体。本研究通过实验测试了二语学习者是否能够获得他们的母语语音库，以及他们是否能够获得这些语音知识，并将其应用于二语语音生产中，以达到相对接近母语的二语发音。这项研究分析了12名成年英语母语者获得西班牙语产生语音相似的声音，在各自的L1和L2有不同的语音关系和分布特性的能力。数据收集包括参与者阅读一系列刺激，其中包含四组重复的目标声音[]和[]。对数据进行了感知、光谱和统计分析。结果表明，第一语言变体的获得可能是有限的，并取决于一些其他变量（例如，第一语言正字法，第二语言语音习得阶段，目标音的功能负荷，动机），但这不是不可能的。
Although it is broadly accepted that adult second-language (L2) learners focus attention only on those aspects of sounds needed for phonemic contrast, the role that allophony plays in the process of L2 speech learning is less well understood. It is widely assumed that speakers do not have conscious awareness of and access to first-language (L1) allophones. This study experimentally tested whether L2 learners have access to their L1 allophonic inventories and whether they can access this phonological knowledge to employ it in L2 speech production in order to reach relatively native-like L2 pronunciation. The study analyzed the ability of twelve adult native English speakers acquiring Spanish to produce phonetically similar sounds that have different phonological relations and distributional properties in their respective L1 and L2. Data collection consisted of the participants reading aloud a list of stimuli containing target sounds [ð] and [ɾ] in four sets of repetitions. A perceptual, spectrographic, and statistical analysis of the data was performed. The results suggest that access to L1 allophones is perhaps limited and dependent on some other variables (e.g., L1 orthography, the stage of L2 phonological acquisition, functional load of the target sound, motivation), but it is not impossible.
DOI：
10.1037/0096-1523.20.2.421
发表时间：
1994-04-01
影响因子：
2.1
作者：
POLKA, L;WERKER, JF
通讯作者：
WERKER, JF