Acquiring a new second language contrast: an analysis of the English laryngeal system of native speakers of Dutch
This study examines the acquisition of the English laryngeal system by native speakers of (Belgian) Dutch. Both languages have a two-way laryngeal system, but while Dutch contrasts prevoiced with short-lag stops, English has a contrast between short-lag and long-lag stops. The primary aim of the article is to test two hypotheses on the acquisition process based on first language acquisition research: (1) native speakers of a voicing language will succeed in producing short-lag stops in the target aspirating language, since short-lag stops occur early in first language acquisition and can be co... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journalarticle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2009 |
Schlagwörter: | Languages and Literatures / PERCEPTION / PHONOLOGY / ACQUISITION / CROSS-LANGUAGE / INITIAL STOP CONSONANTS / VOICE-ONSET TIME / acoustic salience / Dutch / assimilation / L2 phonology / laryngeal / VOT / voicing / LISTENERS / TYPOLOGY / SPANISH |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27450720 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/517271 |