Perception and production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English
Perception and production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English
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讲英语的印地语人士对美式英语辅音 /v/ 和 /w/ 的感知和发音
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2017
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Erika S. Levy
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Vikas Grover;V. Shafer;D. Whalen;Erika S. Levy
这项研究考察了印地语英语使用者感知和产生美式英语（AE）辅音/v/和/w/的能力，这些辅音对印地语使用者来说很难区分（例如，在“背心”和“西”）。它还研究了印地语听众在美国的居住时间是否会影响他们的表现。研究包括两组印地语使用者：在美国居住超过5年的印地语使用者和居住在印度并使用英语作为第二语言的印地语使用者。参与者进行感知和生产任务的自然产生的令牌的单词形式包含/v/和/w/。印地语听众的准确性显着低于英语听众的所有任务。两个印地语组之间的非显着差异表明，印地语美国组的经验与/v/-/w/对比在美国是不够的，允许知觉学习这种对比。这些发现揭示了言语感知、产生和理解（对于差异最小的词汇，例如，“毒蛇对雨刷”）的挑战所面临的母语印地语学习英语。这一信息也有助于为这一人群设计感知和生产培训计划。这项研究考察了印地语英语使用者感知和生产美国英语（AE）辅音/v/和/w/的能力，这对印地语使用者来说很难区分（例如，在“背心”和“西”）。它还研究了印地语听众在美国的居住时间是否会影响他们的表现。研究包括两组印地语使用者：在美国居住超过5年的印地语使用者和居住在印度并使用英语作为第二语言的印地语使用者。参与者进行感知和生产任务的自然产生的令牌的单词形式包含/v/和/w/。印地语听众的准确性显着低于英语听众的所有任务。两个印地语组之间的非显着差异表明，印地语美国组的经验与/v/-/w/对比在美国是不够的，允许知觉学习这种对比。这些发现揭示了言语感知，生产和理解（为...
This study examined the ability of Hindi speakers of English to perceive and produce American English (AE) consonants /v/ and /w/, which are difficult for Hindi speakers to distinguish (e.g., in “vest” and “west”). It also examined whether the Hindi listeners’ length of residence (LOR) in the US affected their performance. Two groups of Hindi speakers were included: Hindi speakers who had been in the US for more than 5 years and Hindi speakers who lived in India and used English as their second language. Participants performed perception and production tasks of naturally produced tokens of word forms containing /v/ and /w/. Hindi listeners performed significantly less accurately than the English listeners on all tasks. The non-significant differences between the two Hindi groups indicated that the Hindi US groups’ experience with the /v/-/w/ contrast in the US was insufficient to allow for perceptual learning of this contrast. The findings shed light on speech perception, production and comprehension (for lexical items that differ minimally, e.g., ‘viper vs. wiper’) challenges faced by native Hindi speakers learning English. This information can also be helpful for designing perception and production training programs for this population.This study examined the ability of Hindi speakers of English to perceive and produce American English (AE) consonants /v/ and /w/, which are difficult for Hindi speakers to distinguish (e.g., in “vest” and “west”). It also examined whether the Hindi listeners’ length of residence (LOR) in the US affected their performance. Two groups of Hindi speakers were included: Hindi speakers who had been in the US for more than 5 years and Hindi speakers who lived in India and used English as their second language. Participants performed perception and production tasks of naturally produced tokens of word forms containing /v/ and /w/. Hindi listeners performed significantly less accurately than the English listeners on all tasks. The non-significant differences between the two Hindi groups indicated that the Hindi US groups’ experience with the /v/-/w/ contrast in the US was insufficient to allow for perceptual learning of this contrast. The findings shed light on speech perception, production and comprehension (for...