Syllable Position Effects in the Perception of L2 Portuguese /l/ and /[voiced alveolar tap or flap]/ by L1-Mandarin Learners

Autor/inn/en	Chao Zhou; Anabela Rato
Titel	Syllable Position Effects in the Perception of L2 Portuguese /l/ and /[voiced alveolar tap or flap]/ by L1-Mandarin Learners
Quelle	In: Second Language Research, 40 (2024) 2, S. 351-375Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chao Zhou) ORCID (Anabela Rato)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-6583
DOI	10.1177/02676583221137713
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Syllables; Second Language Learning; Native Language; Mandarin Chinese; Portuguese; Auditory Perception; Accuracy; Identification; Phonemes; Pronunciation; Phonology; Human Body; Second Language Instruction; Study Abroad; Contrastive Linguistics; Native Speakers; College Students; Foreign Countries; Language Proficiency; Educational Background; Task Analysis; Auditory Discrimination; Computer Assisted Testing; China; Portugal (Lisbon) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Silbe; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Portugiesischunterricht; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Fonem; Aussprache; Fonologie; Menschlicher Körper; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Muttersprachler; Collegestudent; Ausland; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Vorbildung; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	This study reports syllable position effects on second language (L2) Portuguese speech perception, revealing that L2 segmental learning may be prone to an influence from the suprasegmental level. The results show that first language (L1) Mandarin learners had diminished performance on the discrimination between the target Portuguese liquids (/l/ and /[voiced alveolar tap or flap]/) and their position-dependent deviant productions, suggesting that the cause of their perceptual confusability differs across syllable positions. Another syllabic position effect was attested in the acquisition order (/l/[subscript onset] > /l/[subscript coda], /[voiced alveolar tap or flap]/[subscript coda] > /[voiced alveolar tap or flap]/[subscript onset]), demonstrating that an L2 sound is not mastered equally in all positions. Furthermore, we also observed that an increase in L2 experience affected only the perceptual identification accuracy of [l], but not of [[voiced alveolar tap or flap]]. This seems to suggest that L2 experience may exert different degrees of impact, depending on the L2 segments. Both theoretical and methodological implications of these results are discussed. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2025/2/06