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  • 标题:When the Easy Becomes Difficult: Factors Affecting the Acquisition of the English /iː/-/ɪ/ Contrast
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  • 作者:Juli Cebrian ; Celia Gorba ; Núria Gavaldà
  • 期刊名称:Frontiers in Communication
  • 电子版ISSN:2297-900X
  • 出版年度:2021
  • 卷号:6
  • 页码:92
  • DOI:10.3389/fcomm.2021.660917
  • 出版社:Frontiers Media S.A.
  • 摘要:The degree of similarity between the sounds of a speaker’s first and second language (L1 and L2) is believed to determine the likelihood of accurate perception and production of the L2 sounds. This paper explores the relationship between cross-linguistic similarity and the perception and production of a subset of English vowels, including the highly productive /iː/-/ɪ/ contrast (as in “beat” vs. “bit”), by a group of Spanish/Catalan native speakers learning English as an L2. The learners’ ability to identify, discriminate and produce the English vowels accurately was contrasted with their cross-linguistic perceived similarity judgements. The results showed that L2 perception and production accuracy was not always predicted from patterns of cross-language similarity, particularly regarding the difficulty distinguishing /iː/ and /ɪ/. Possible explanations may involve the way the L2 /iː/ and /ɪ/ categories interact, the effect of non-native acoustic cue reliance, and the roles of orthography and language instruction.
  • 关键词:Vowel contrast; L2 perception; L2 production; Cross-linguistic similarity; individual variation
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