The Effects of Language Dominance in the Perception and Production of the Galician Mid Vowel Contrasts
The Effects of Language Dominance in the Perception and Production of the Galician Mid Vowel Contrasts
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语言优势对加利西亚中元音对比感知和产生的影响
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2015
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通讯作者：
Pilar Chamorro
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作者：
Mark Amengual;Pilar Chamorro
摘要目的：本研究调查了54名早期西班牙-加利西亚双语者在西班牙维戈和圣地亚哥的加利西亚中部元音对比的感知和产生。本文提供了经验数据来检验语言优势在加利西亚语中元音对比的感知和产生中的作用，以确定加利西亚元音系统是否因为在城市地区与西班牙语的广泛接触而变得更像西班牙语。方法：在(1)二元强迫选择识别任务、(2)AX辨别任务和(3)大声朗读任务中收集每个中间元音对比的感知和产生数据。结果：二元强迫选择识别和分辨任务的结果表明，西班牙语占主导地位的双语者在区分这两个中间元音方面有很大的困难，而加利西亚语占主导地位的双语者对这两个中间元音类别有很强的分类识别能力。对他们发音的声学分析表明，加利西亚语为主导的双语者会发出加利西亚语特有的/e/-/[/]对比音，而西班牙语为主导的双语者则会发出一个单一的、合并的、类似西班牙语的前中元音。然而，两种语言优势组似乎都保持着更强烈的/o/-/ o/对比。前后中间元音之间的不对称在两种语言优势群体的产品中都有发现。结论：语言优势是西班牙-加利西亚语双语者产生和感知能力的重要预测因子，城市地区只有加利西亚语双语者在前、后中元音空间中具有两个独立的语音类别。
Abstract Aims: This study investigates the perception and production of the Galician mid vowel contrasts by 54 early Spanish-Galician bilinguals in the cities of Vigo and Santiago (Galicia, Spain). Empirical data is provided to examine the role of language dominance in the perception and production of Galician mid vowel contrasts in order to determine whether the Galician vowel system is becoming more Spanish-like as a result of extensive contact with Spanish in urban areas. Methods: Perception and production data for each mid vowel contrast were collected in (1) binary forced-choice identification tasks, (2) AX discrimination tasks and (3) a reading-aloud task. Results: Results from binary forced-choice identification and AX discrimination tasks indicate that Spanish-dominant bilinguals have great difficulty in discriminating between these mid vowels while Galician-dominant subjects display a robust categorical identification of the two mid vowel categories. Acoustic analyses of their productions show that Galician-dominant bilinguals implement a Galician-specific /e/-/ɛ/ contrast but Spanish-dominant ones produce a single, merged Spanish-like front mid vowel. However, both language dominance groups seem to maintain a more robust /o/-/ɔ/ contrast. This asymmetry between front and back mid vowels is found in the productions of both language dominance groups. Conclusion: These results show that language dominance is a strong predictor of the production and perception abilities of Spanish-Galician bilinguals, and that only Galician-dominant subjects in these urban areas possess two independent phonetic categories in the front and back mid vowel space.
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影响因子：
2.4
作者：
FLEGE, JE
通讯作者：
FLEGE, JE
影响因子：
2.4
作者：
Bradlow, AR;Pisoni, DB;Tohkura, Y
通讯作者：
Tohkura, Y
影响因子：
2.4
作者：
Flege, JE;MacKay, IRA;Meador, D
通讯作者：
Meador, D
影响因子：
2.4
作者：
HILLENBRAND, J;GETTY, LA;WHEELER, K
通讯作者：
WHEELER, K