Phonetic Imitation in L2 Speech: Immediate Imitation of English Consonant Glottalization by Speakers of Polish

Autor/inn/en	Arkadiusz Rojczyk; Pavel Sturm; Joanna Przedlacka
Titel	Phonetic Imitation in L2 Speech: Immediate Imitation of English Consonant Glottalization by Speakers of Polish
Quelle	In: Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 32 (2025) 1, S. 102-113Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Arkadiusz Rojczyk) ORCID (Pavel Sturm)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1048-9223
DOI	10.1080/10489223.2023.2253545
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Phonetics; Phonemes; Language Variation; Polish; Native Language; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Speech Communication; Pronunciation; Language Tests; Contrastive Linguistics; Foreign Countries; Imitation; Majors (Students); Undergraduate Students; Acoustics; Measurement; Poland; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Phonetik; Fonetik; Fonem; Sprachenvielfalt; Polnisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Aussprache; Language test; Sprachtest; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Ausland; Akustik; Messverfahren; Polen; Großbritannien
Abstract	Phonetic imitation is a ubiquitous process in speech production. Speakers have a strong tendency to imitate their interlocutors both in a native and a non-native language. It is especially important in acquiring non-native speech, because it allows forming new sound categories. In the current study we investigated whether and to what extent Polish learners of English are able to imitate t-glottalization observed especially in British English. A total of 25 Polish learners of English imitated English models' productions with t-glottalization that were subsequently compared to their default productions (pre-test) and post-exposure production (post-test). The results showed that the participants successfully imitated t-glottalization after the exposure to the model talker. The generalization effect was limited in its magnitude in that only some of the non-imitated words had traces of glottalization. The results are discussed in terms of the differences in the implementation of glottalization in Polish and English and of how phonetic imitation informs second-language speech acquisition. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2025/2/04