Utilizing electropalatography to train palatalized versus unpalatalized consonant productions by native speakers of American English learning Russian
| Autor: | Bruce L. Smith, Jane F. Hacking, Eric M. Johnson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Consonant
050101 languages & linguistics Linguistics and Language Engineering medicine.medical_specialty business.industry American English Contrast (statistics) 06 humanities and the arts Audiology Language and Linguistics Education 030507 speech-language pathology & audiology 03 medical and health sciences Electropalatography Formant Training study L2 learners medicine Palatalization (phonetics) 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Second Language Pronunciation. 3:9-33 |
| ISSN: | 2215-194X 2215-1931 |
| Popis: | Previous research has shown that English-speaking learners of Russian, even those with advanced proficiency, often have not acquired the contrast between palatalized and unpalatalized consonants, which is a central feature of the Russian consonant system. The present study examined whether training utilizing electropalatography (EPG) could help a group of Russian learners achieve more native-like productions of this contrast. Although not all subjects showed significant improvements, on average, the Russian learners showed an increase from pre- to post-training in the second formant frequency of vowels preceding palatalized consonants, thus enhancing their contrast between palatalized and unpalatalized consonants. To determine whether these acoustic differences were associated with increased identification accuracy, three native Russian speakers listened to all pre- and post-training productions. A modest increase in identification accuracy was observed. These results suggest that even short-term EPG training can be an effective intervention with adult L2 learners. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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