Age Changes in the Ability To Replicate Foreign Pronunciation and Intonation
Age Changes in the Ability To Replicate Foreign Pronunciation and Intonation
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模仿外语语音语调能力的年龄变化
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1981
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K. Loewenthal
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Sonia Tahta;M. Wood;K. Loewenthal
这项研究考察了5-15岁单语英国学龄儿童复制外国语音和语调的能力。只在一次曝光和重复之后就对表现进行了评判。在研究的整个年龄范围内，复制发音的能力相当稳定地下降。相比之下，复制语调的能力在8岁之前保持稳定良好，然后在11岁之前迅速下降。11岁后有轻微的、不完全可靠的改善，但基本上11-15岁的儿童语调复制能力很差。当给予足够数量的练习时，所有受试者都能很好地复制语调；所需试验的数量从8到11显示出快速变化。这一发现与对说流利二语的人的长期研究很好地一致，在这些研究中，习得年龄越小，母语发音和语调的机会越大。然而，其他对仍在习得第二语言的学习者的研究表明，年龄较大的学习者有更好的机会使用母语口音；本文试图将这些发现与本研究的结果相一致。
This study looked at the abilities of 5 - 15 year old monolingual English schoolchildren to replicate foreign pronunciation and intonation. Performance was judged after only one exposure and repetition. Ability to replicate pronunciation declined fairly steadily over the whole age-range studied. By contrast, ability to replicate intonation remained steadily good until 8, then dropped rapidly until 11. There was a slight, not wholly reliable improvement after 11, but, basically, 11-15 year-olds replicated intonation poorly. When given a sufficient amount of practice, all subjects tested could replicate intonation well; the number of trials required showed a rapid change from 8-11. The findings agree well with long-term studies of fluent L2 speakers, in which younger ages of acquisition are associated with better chances of a native pronunciation and intonation. Other studies of learners still acquiring an L2 have showed, however, that older learners have better chances of a native accent; an attempt is made to reconcile these findings with those of the present study.