Asymmetrical Equivalence Classification – Cluster Affrication vs. Lenis Stops in the Speech of Polish Learners of English

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Research in Language Pub Date : 2023-12-28 DOI:10.18778/1731-7533.21.4.05

Geoffrey Schwartz, Ewelina Wojtkowiak

引用次数: 0

Abstract

According to the Speech Learning Model (Flege 1995), successful L2 phonological acquisition is facilitated by the formation of new phonetic categories in the L2. However, category formation may be hindered by equivalence classification, wherein speakers perceptually merge L1 and L2 sounds. This study examines L1 Polish learners of English, including a phonetic parameter that has received minimal attention: affrication of /tr-dr/ clusters in English. Two groups of speakers, comprising B1 level and C2 level learners, produced word lists containing both initial /tr-dr/ clusters, as well as singleton voiced stops /b, d, g/. The results revealed an asymmetry: both groups failed to suppress pre-voicing in /b, d, g/, but were successful in producing affricated clusters. A new category has therefore been formed for the clusters, but not for the singleton stops. Phonological implications of this finding are discussed.

查看原文本刊更多论文

非对称等效分类--波兰英语学习者语音中的群缀停顿与列尼斯停顿

根据语音学习模型（Flege，1995 年），在 L2 中形成新的语音类别有助于 L2 语音学习的成功。然而，类别的形成可能会受到等效分类的阻碍，在等效分类中，说话者会感知到 L1 和 L2 语音的融合。本研究对波兰英语学习者的 L1 音进行了研究，其中包括一个极少受到关注的语音参数：英语中 /tr-dr/ 音簇的缀合。由 B1 级和 C2 级学习者组成的两组说话者制作了包含首音/tr-dr/音簇和单音发声停顿/b、d、g/的单词表。结果显示出一种不对称性：两组学习者都无法抑制 /b、d、g/ 的前置发声，但都能成功地发出瓣音词簇。因此，音群形成了一个新的类别，而单音停顿则没有。本文讨论了这一发现的语音学意义。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Research in Language Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

CiteScore

0.40

自引率

0.00%

发文量

期刊介绍： Research in Language (RiL) is an international journal committed to publishing excellent studies in the area of linguistics and related disciplines focused on human communication. Language studies, as other scholarly disciplines, undergo two seemingly counteracting processes: the process of diversification of the field into narrow specialized domains and the process of convergence, strengthened by interdisciplinarity. It is the latter perspective that RiL editors invite for the journal, whose aim is to present language in its entirety, meshing traditional modular compartments, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, and offer a multidimensional perspective which exposes varied but relevant aspects of language, e.g. the cognitive, the psychological, the institutional aspect, as well as the social shaping of linguistic convention and creativity.