The conflation of /l/ and /r/: New Zealand perceptions of Japanese-accented English
The conflation of /l/ and /r/: New Zealand perceptions of Japanese-accented English
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/l/ 和 /r/ 的合并：新西兰人对日语口音英语的看法
DOI：
10.1080/09658416.2017.1319849
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
Yutai Watanabe
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作者：
山口美知代;渡辺宥泰;山口美知代;渡辺宥泰;小林めぐみ;山口美知代;Yutai Watanabe
作为非语言学家对口音认知的个案研究，本文探讨了在新西兰(NZ)，日语口音英语(JAE)与其他二语英语变体的区别是如何准确的以及基于何种依据。这篇论文揭示了言语中的一个显著特征是如何与说话人的社会语言学身份认同相联系的。对当地大学生的一项测试分析表明，在六种二语英语口音中，JAE的识别率最高，而英语/L/和/r/之间缺乏对比是他们识别出以前被认为是JAE特征的主要语段特征的最关键因素。虽然参与者也经常感觉到/L/-/r/在带有广东口音和韩国口音的人中的混音，但他们更有可能认为这种口音是日本口音，而不是其他任何第二语言口音。由于新西兰人与日本游客的广泛接触和在中学教育中对日语的熟悉，以及ESL参考书经常提到这一特征是Jae所特有的，这一合并在本世纪初成为新西兰社会Jae的索引线索。本研究证实了指标性概念在二语口音调查中的适用性。
As a case study of non-linguists’ perceptions of accent, this paper investigates how accurately and on what basis Japanese-accented English (JAE) is discernible from other L2 varieties of English in New Zealand (NZ). The paper sheds light on how a feature salient in speech is associated with the perceived sociolinguistic identity of speakers. An analysis of a test with local university students demonstrates that JAE had the highest identification rate among six L2 English accents and that the lack of contrast between English /l/ and /r/ was the most crucial to their identification of major segmental features previously noted as characteristic of JAE. Although the participants also frequently perceived the /l/–/r/ conflation in Cantonese- and Korean-accented speakers, they were more likely to assume that the accent was Japanese rather than any other L2 accent. The conflation served as an indexical cue of JAE in NZ society at the beginning of this century because of New Zealanders’ extensive contact with Japanese visitors and familiarity with the Japanese language in secondary education, along with ESL reference books’ frequent reference to this feature as peculiar to JAE. The study confirms the applicability of the concept of indexicality to L2 accent investigation.