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Exploring Acoustic Overlap in Second Language Vowel Productions
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the alignment of vowel categories between second language (L2) learners and first language (L1) speakers of the target language, as well as potential overlaps between adjacent vowels in terms of formant frequencies and duration.
Georgios P. Georgiou, Elena Savva
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Regressive transfer has been a subject that has not been extensively researched in the field of third language acquisition. This study aims to examine the extent to which a highly advanced knowledge of a third language (L3) affects the first language (L1) and the second language (L2) of early bilinguals in light of the Differential Stability ...
Maddi Alkain Arizmendi +2 more
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Phonetic Development of an L2 Vowel System and Tandem Drift in the L1: A Residence Abroad and L1 Re-Immersion Study. [PDF]
Lang Speech, 2023 Turner J.
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research shows that many heritage language (HL) students pursue HL study at the university level to reconnect with their cultural roots. While most university‐focused research has examined HL learners, less attention has been given to how teaching and peer mentoring experiences in higher education shape HL identities. This study examines how a
Mi Yung Park
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Phonological category quality in the mental lexicon of child and adult learners [PDF]
, 2016 • Aims and Objectives: The aim was to identify which criteria children used to decide on the category membership of native and non-native vowels, and to get insight into the organization of phonological representations in the bilingual mind ...
Simon, Ellen, Sjerps, Matthias
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Organizational Soundscapes and the Sonicity of Voices: The Power of the ‘Sounds’ that Carry ‘Words’
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Organizations are soundscapes – they resonate with sounds and particularly the sounds of voices. Somehow however voice sonics, that is the sounds of voices and not the words carried on those sounds, have escaped attention in management studies. This absence of analysis is peculiar given voice sonics' undoubted influence on management (they may
Nancy Harding, Jackie Ford
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Visible Vowels as a Tool for the Study of Language Transfer
LanguagesIn this paper, we demonstrate the use of Visible Vowels to detect formant and durational differences between L2 and L1 speakers. We used a dataset that contains vowel measures from L1 speakers of French and from L2 learners of French, with Italian ...
Wilbert Heeringa, Hans Van de Velde
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Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article applies a social model of historical dialect evolution in 19th‐century Britain to the analysis of sociophonetic data. Our aim is to assess where new dialect formation is likely to occur, and where it is not. Using recordings from 27 speakers, we first analyse coda rhoticity in north Lancashire, UK. The speakers were born 1890–1917
Claire Nance, Malika Mahamdi
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Vokal dalam bahasa daerah di Kalimantan Selatan: sebuah kajian tipologi bahasa
DiglosiaThis study aims to examine the vocal system in regional languages in South Kalimantan, focusing on eighteen varieties of local languages, namely Banjar, Sunda, Bakumpai, Lawangan, Dayak Halong, Dusun Deah, Flores, Manyan, Abal, Sasak, Javanese, Bugis ...
Ahmad Mubarok +2 more
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Effects of hanyu pinyin on pronunciation in learners of Chinese as a foreign language [PDF]
, 2007 This paper provides evidence that the hanyu pinyin representation of the phonology of Chinese affects the production of Chinese phonology in instructed learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language.
Bassetti, Benedetta
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