Task effect on L2 rhythm production by Cantonese learners of Portuguese

Q3 Social Sciences

DELTA Documentacao de Estudos em Linguistica Teorica e Aplicada Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.1590/1678-460x202258943

Yuqi Sun, Cong Zhang

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This study examines L2 Portuguese speech produced by eight native Cantonese speakers from Macao, China. The aims of this study are to investigate (1) whether the speech rhythm in L2 Portuguese is more source-like (more similar to Cantonese) or more target-like (more similar to Portuguese), and (2) whether L2 speech rhythm differs across three different tasks: a reading task, a retelling task, and an interpreting task. Seven rhythm metrics, i.e., %V, ΔC, ΔV, VarcoC, VarcoV, rPVI_C, and nPVI_V, were adopted for comparison and investigation. The results showed that L2 Portuguese rhythm produced by Cantonese speakers differed from L1 Portuguese speakers’ rhythm. R-deletion and vowel epenthesis were the reasons for the variabilities and instabilities of L2 Portuguese production by Cantonese learners, as they affect the duration and the number of vowel intervals and consonantal intervals. Moreover, in Cantonese learners’ L2 Portuguese production, the semi-spontaneous tasks (retelling and interpreting) presented a significant difference from the reading task. The driving force for such a difference was the cognitive load behind the tasks.

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任务效应对粤语葡萄牙语学习者第二语言节奏产生的影响

本研究考察了来自中国澳门的8位母语为广东话的人的第二语言葡萄牙语。本研究的目的是探讨(1)二语葡萄牙语的语音节奏是更像源语(更像广东话)还是更像目标语(更像葡萄牙语)，以及(2)二语语音节奏在阅读任务、复述任务和口译任务这三种不同任务中是否存在差异。采用%V、ΔC、ΔV、VarcoC、VarcoV、rPVI_C、nPVI_V 7个节律指标进行比较和调查。结果表明，广东人的第二语言葡萄牙语节奏与第一语言葡萄牙语节奏存在差异。r -缺失和元音增音是广东学习者第二语言葡萄牙语产生变异性和不稳定性的原因，因为它们影响了元音间隔和辅音间隔的持续时间和数量。此外，在粤语学习者的第二语言葡萄牙语生产中，半自发任务(复述和口译)与阅读任务存在显著差异。造成这种差异的驱动力是任务背后的认知负荷。

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DELTA Documentacao de Estudos em Linguistica Teorica e Aplicada Social Sciences-Linguistics and Language

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52 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada - DELTA is published by the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo / PUC-SP. DELTA has been published since 1985, and in 1992 it became a biannual publication. Editions are published in February and August. The journal is addressed to all areas of study concerning language and speech, whether theoretical or applied; however, only unpublished contributions will be considered. To briefly refer to the journal, the short title DELTA is recommended regarding bibliographies, footnotes, as well as bibliographical strips and references.