Allophony in English Language Learners: The Case of Tap in English and Spanish.
Allophony in English Language Learners: The Case of Tap in English and Spanish.
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英语学习者中的同位异音：英语和西班牙语中的 Tap 案例。
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10.1044/2018_lshss-17-0081
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2019
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Oller,DKimbrough
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Burrows,Lauren;Jarmulowicz,Linda;Oller,DKimbrough
目的本研究旨在探讨幼儿园以西班牙语为第一语言的英语学习者的踢踏舞。在西班牙语和英语中，tap的冲突地位可能会给ELLs在第二语言中的allophonic学习带来挑战。先前的研究评估收购其他allophone对，但没有一个专门集中在tap.MethodThirty ELLs，30英语单语者，和29西班牙单语者参加了这项研究。参与者完成了一个单词的重复任务，其中提供了许多机会，以产生自来水。生产语音转录和analysed.ResultsThe绝大多数的水龙头发音正确，在两种语言。英语中tap的音位地位和西班牙语中的音位地位表明，英语学习者在学习中可能会经历负迁移，但这并没有被观察到。一个显着的互动表明更多的t/d替代英语和更多的半元音/液体替代西班牙语，违背了预期的负迁移。ELLs也显着更准确地在生产水龙头在西班牙语比English.ConclusionFindings表明，在幼儿园早期，ELL儿童迅速适应英语模式的自来水生产，即使西班牙语和英语的冲突，在音素/allophonic状态的自来水。这项研究是初步的，需要进一步调查。
PurposeThe objective of this study was to examine tap production by English language learners (ELLs) in kindergarten whose 1st language is Spanish. The conflicting status of tap in Spanish and English could present challenges for allophonic learning in 2nd language for ELLs. Prior research has evaluated acquisition of other allophone pairs, but none has focused exclusively on tap.MethodThirty ELLs, 30 English monolinguals, and 29 Spanish monolinguals participated in the study. Participants completed a single-word repetition task in which numerous opportunities to produce tap were provided. Productions were phonetically transcribed and analyzed.ResultsThe great majority of taps were pronounced correctly in both languages. The allophonic status of tap in English and phonemic status in Spanish suggest ELLs could experience negative transfer in learning; however, this was not observed. A significant interaction indicated more t/d substitutions in English and more semivowel/liquid substitutions in Spanish, contradicting the expectation of negative transfer. ELLs were also significantly more accurate at producing tap in Spanish than English.ConclusionFindings suggest that, at early kindergarten, ELL children rapidly adapted to English patterns of tap production even though Spanish and English conflict in phonemic/allophonic status of tap. This study was preliminary, and further investigation is warranted.