Second and Third Language Immersion Students’ Pronunciation in Foreign Language English Oral Reading
Steinlen A, Piske T, Karmeli S, Mooshammer C (2019)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2019
Publisher: Aarhus University
Edited Volumes: A Sound Approach to Language Matters: In Honor of Ocke-Schwen Bohn
City/Town: Aarhus
Pages Range: 583-605
ISBN: 978-87-7507-440-2
URI: http://ebooks.au.dk/index.php/aul/catalog/book/322
Open Access Link: https://ebooks.au.dk/index.php/aul/catalog/view/322/218/988-1
Abstract
This chapter reviews four recent studies designed to examine several theoretical accounts of directional asymmetries in vowel perception. The studies provide cross-language data on adults’ discrimination of vowels that fall within a given phonetic category. The results show that asymmetries emerge using unimodal acoustic and visual vowels, regardless of native language, and also using schematic non-speech visual analogs. We then integrate the data across these four studies in a mini-meta-analysis. Collectively, the findings provide strong support for the Natural Referent Vowel framework’s central claims that (1) asymmetries reflect a “language-universal” sensitivity to formant convergence (focalization) and 2) that this sensitivity is a speech-specific bias reflecting human sensitivity to the way that articulatory movements shape the acoustic and optical structures of speech. We advocate for further research adopting a meta-analytic approach.
Authors with CRIS profile
Anja Steinlen
Lehrstuhl für Fremdsprachendidaktik mit dem Schwerpunkt Didaktik des Englischen
Thorsten Piske
Lehrstuhl für Fremdsprachendidaktik mit dem Schwerpunkt Didaktik des Englischen
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APA:
Steinlen, A., Piske, T., Karmeli, S., & Mooshammer, C. (2019). Second and Third Language Immersion Students’ Pronunciation in Foreign Language English Oral Reading. In Anne Mette Nyvad, Michaela Hejná, Anders Højen, Anna Bothe Jespersen, Mette Hjortshøj Sørensen (Eds.), A Sound Approach to Language Matters: In Honor of Ocke-Schwen Bohn. (pp. 583-605). Aarhus: Aarhus University.
MLA:
Steinlen, Anja, et al. "Second and Third Language Immersion Students’ Pronunciation in Foreign Language English Oral Reading." A Sound Approach to Language Matters: In Honor of Ocke-Schwen Bohn. Ed. Anne Mette Nyvad, Michaela Hejná, Anders Højen, Anna Bothe Jespersen, Mette Hjortshøj Sørensen, Aarhus: Aarhus University, 2019. 583-605.
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