Lexical stress assignment preferences in L2 German
| Autor: | Mary Grantham O'Brien, Ross Sundberg |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050101 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Analogy 050105 experimental psychology Language and Linguistics language.human_language German Perception Stress (linguistics) language Production (economics) 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology media_common Cognitive psychology Research Article |
| Zdroj: | IRAL Int Rev Appl Linguist Lang Teach |
| Popis: | Assigning stress to the appropriate syllable is consequential for being understood. Despite the importance, second language (L2) learners’ stress assignment is often incorrect, being affected by their first language (L1). Beyond the L1, learners’ lexical stress assignment may depend on analogy with other words in their lexicon. The current study investigates the respective roles of the L1 (English, French) and analogy in L2 German lexical stress assignment. Because English, like German, has variable stress assignment and French does not, participants included English- and French-speaking German L2 learners who assigned stress to German nonsense words in a perceptual preference and a production task. Results suggest a role of the L1, with English-speaking German L2 learners performing more like L1 German speakers. While French-speaking German L2 learners’ performance could not be predicted by other factors, L2 German proficiency and the ability to produce analogous words were predictive of English-speaking German L2 learners’ production performance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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