Word Boundaries in L2 Speech: Evidence from Polish Learners of English

Autor/in	Schwartz, Geoffrey
Titel	Word Boundaries in L2 Speech: Evidence from Polish Learners of English
Quelle	In: Second Language Research, 32 (2016) 3, S.397-426 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-6583
DOI	10.1177/0267658316634423
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Acoustics; Auditory Perception; English (Second Language); Native Language; Polish; Vowels; Pronunciation; Language Processing; Linguistic Theory; College Students; Foreign Countries; Predictor Variables; Statistical Analysis; Reaction Time; Auditory Stimuli; Transfer of Training; Speech Communication; Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Akustik; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Polnisch; Aussprache; Sprachverarbeitung; Linguistische Theorie; Collegestudent; Ausland; Prädiktor; Statistische Analyse; Reaktionsvermögen; Auditive Stimulation; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Polen
Abstract	Acoustic and perceptual studies investgate B2-level Polish learners' acquisition of second language (L2) English word-boundaries involving word-initial vowels. In production, participants were less likely to produce glottalization of phrase-medial initial vowels in L2 English than in first language (L1) Polish. Perception studies employing word monitoring and word counting tasks found that glottalization of word-initial vowels had a negligible impact on the processing of L2 word boundaries. Taken together, these experiments suggest that B2-level learners are relatively successful in acquiring word-boundary linking processes that are for the most part absent from L1 Polish, and challenge the notion of an L2 "Word Integrity" constraint. The cross-language interactions observed in these experiments are compatible with the claim that the realization of word-initial vowels is governed by a representational parameter, which may be derived in the Onset Prominence framework. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01