Influence of the Native Language on Sensitivity to Lexical Stress: Evidence from Native Arabic and Hebrew Speakers

Autor/inn/en	Segal, Osnat; Kishon-Rabin, Liat
Titel	Influence of the Native Language on Sensitivity to Lexical Stress: Evidence from Native Arabic and Hebrew Speakers
Quelle	In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 41 (2019) 1, S.151-178 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-2631
DOI	10.1017/S0272263117000390
Schlagwörter	Semitic Languages; Native Language; Metalinguistics; Phonology; Contrastive Linguistics; Language Processing; Short Term Memory; Auditory Discrimination; Reaction Time; Accuracy; Testing; Identification; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Foreign Countries; Adult Students; Language Proficiency; Language Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Auditory Stimuli; Israel (Tel Aviv) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arabisch; Hebräisch; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Fonologie; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Sprachverarbeitung; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Reaktionsvermögen; Testdurchführung; Testen; Identifikation; Identifizierung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Auditive Stimulation
Abstract	Arabic stress is predictable, varies across words, and does not have a contrastive role, whereas, Hebrew stress although nonpredictable, carries contrastive value. Stress processing was assessed in speakers of the two languages at three processing levels: discrimination, short-term memory, and metalinguistic awareness. In Experiment 1, Arabic speakers with Hebrew as L2 (n = 15) and native Hebrew speakers (n = 15) were tested on discrimination and memory of stress placements. Arabic speakers had fewer correct responses and longer reaction times compared to Hebrew speakers. In Experiment 2, the influence of nonnative language acquisition on metalinguistic awareness of stress was assessed. Arabic speakers (n = 10) were less able to identify stress in their native and nonnative languages compared to Arabic speakers with advanced knowledge of English and Hebrew (n = 10) and Hebrew speakers (n = 10). Our findings support the assumption that variations in stress at the surface level of L1 are insufficient to facilitate awareness and memory for stress placement. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01