Mandarin Speakers' Perception of Accented L2-English: The Effects of Accent, Linguistic Experience, and L2 Proficiency

Autor/in	Li, Ying
Titel	Mandarin Speakers' Perception of Accented L2-English: The Effects of Accent, Linguistic Experience, and L2 Proficiency
Quelle	1 (2018) 1, S.66-77 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Li, Ying)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Pronunciation; Phonology; Language Variation; Mandarin Chinese; Native Speakers; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Sentence Structure; Familiarity; Sino Tibetan Languages; Thai; Auditory Stimuli; Auditory Perception; College Students; Foreign Countries; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Aussprache; Fonologie; Sprachenvielfalt; Muttersprachler; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Auditive Stimulation; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Collegestudent; Ausland
Abstract	In much previous research, language listeners were found to perform differently when listening to a second language (L2) spoken in foreign/native accents. Influential factors have not been ascertained. This study aimed to gain new insights into this issue. 82 Mandarin speakers of different L2 (English) proficiency and different degrees of familiarity with Cantonese, Thai, and Yorkshire accent participated in the study. The stimuli were 40 English sentences with a noun as the last word (stimulus word). The stimulus words were gated with gate 0 revealing no phonological information, gate 1 displaying the first 40 "ms" of it, gate 2 having an additional 40 "ms," etc., accumulating until the end of the word was revealed. The sentences were spoken in the accent of Mandarin, Yorkshire, Cantonese, and Thai. The participants were asked to write down the stimulus words each time after they heard a gated sentence. The results indicated that the participants required significantly less phonological information to correctly recognize the stimuli spoken in their own and Yorkshire accent than in Thai and Cantonese accent. Moreover, the participants' degree of familiarity with the accents and their L2-English proficiency both had a significant effect on their perceptual performance. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01