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When the Easy Becomes Difficult: Factors Affecting the Acquisition of the English /iː/-/ɪ/ Contrast
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In: Frontiers in Communication ; 6 (2022)
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Abstract:
The degree of similarity between the sounds of a speaker’s first and second language (L1 and L2) is believed to determine the likelihood of accurate perception and production of the L2 sounds. This paper explores the relationship between cross-linguistic similarity and the perception and production of a subset of English vowels, including the highly productive /iː/-/ɪ/ contrast (as in “beat” vs. “bit”), by a group of Spanish/Catalan native speakers learning English as an L2. The learners’ ability to identify, discriminate and produce the English vowels accurately was contrasted with their cross-linguistic perceived similarity judgements. The results showed that L2 perception and production accuracy was not always predicted from patterns of cross-language similarity, particularly regarding the difficulty distinguishing /iː/ and /ɪ/. Possible explanations may involve the way the L2 /iː/ and /ɪ/ categories interact, the effect of non-native acoustic cue reliance, and the roles of orthography and language instruction. ; Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
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cross-linguistic similarity; individual variation; L2 perception; L2 production; vowel contrast
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URL: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.660917 http://hdl.handle.net/10464/15625
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When the Easy Becomes Difficult: Factors Affecting the Acquisition of the English /i/-/ Contrast
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Perceptual assimilation of British English vowels to Spanish monophthongs and diphthongs
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L2 perception and production of English consonants and vowels by Catalan speakers: The effects of attention and training task in a cross-training study
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In: TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa) (2017)
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Catalan obstruents and opacity: A case for representational ambisyllabicity
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In: Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics; Vol 17 (1999): Special issue in honour of the 30th anniversary of the Department of Linguistics ; 1718-3510 ; 1705-8619 (1999)
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