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L1 English/L2 Spanish: Orthography-Phonology Activation without Contrasts
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Shea, Christine – Second Language Research, 2017
We consider how orthography activates sounds that are in a noncontrastive relationship in the second language (L2) and for which only one variant exists in the first language (L1). Participants were L1 English / L2 Spanish and native Spanish listeners. Intervocalically, Spanish graphemes "b d g" correspond phonetically to stops and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Language Research, Phonetics
Concurrent Data Elicitation Procedures, Processes, and the Early Stages of L2 Learning: A Critical Overview
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Leow, Ronald P.; Grey, Sarah; Marijuan, Silvia; Moorman, Colleen – Second Language Research, 2014
Given the current methodological interest in eliciting direct data on the cognitive processes L2 learners employ as they interact with L2 data during the early stages of the learning process, this article takes a critical and comparative look at three concurrent data elicitation procedures currently employed in the SLA literature: Think aloud (TA)…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reaction Time, Eye Movements, Language Research
The Effect of Syntactic Complexity on Fluency: Comparing Actives and Passives in L1 and L2 Speech
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Sadri Mirdamadi, Farhad; De Jong, Nivja H. – Second Language Research, 2015
This study investigates how syntactic complexity affects speaking performance in first (L1) and second language (L2) in terms of speaking fluency. Participants (30 Dutch native speakers with an average to advanced level of English) performed two speaking experiments, one in Dutch (L1) and one in English (L2). Syntactic complexity was…
Descriptors: Syntax, Second Language Learning, Language Fluency, Native Language
A Prerequisite to L1 Homophone Effects in L2 Spoken-Word Recognition
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Nakai, Satsuki; Lindsay, Shane; Ota, Mitsuhiko – Second Language Research, 2015
When both members of a phonemic contrast in L2 (second language) are perceptually mapped to a single phoneme in one's L1 (first language), L2 words containing a member of that contrast can spuriously activate L2 words in spoken-word recognition. For example, upon hearing cattle, Dutch speakers of English are reported to experience activation…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Research, Phonetics, Language Processing
Perception of Non-Native Consonant Length Contrast: The Role of Attention in Phonetic Processing
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Porretta, Vincent J.; Tucker, Benjamin V. – Second Language Research, 2015
The present investigation examines English speakers' ability to identify and discriminate non-native consonant length contrast. Three groups (L1 English No-Instruction, L1 English Instruction, and L1 Finnish control) performed a speeded forced-choice identification task and a speeded AX discrimination task on Finnish non-words (e.g.…
Descriptors: Role, Attention, Phonetics, Language Processing
Direct Mapping of Acoustics to Phonology: On the Lexical Encoding of Front Rounded Vowels in L1 English-L2 French Acquisition
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Darcy, Isabelle; Dekydtspotter, Laurent; Sprouse, Rex A.; Glover, Justin; Kaden, Christiane; McGuire, Michael; Scott, John H. G. – Second Language Research, 2012
It is well known that adult US-English-speaking learners of French experience difficulties acquiring high /y/-/u/ and mid /oe/-/[openo]/ front vs. back rounded vowel contrasts in French. This study examines the acquisition of these French vowel contrasts at two levels: phonetic categorization and lexical representations. An ABX categorization task…
Descriptors: Priming, Reaction Time, Phonetics, Vowels