Interdental Fricative Production in Dutch Heritage Language Speakers Living in Canada

This study investigates the production of / θ / and / ð / by three groups of English speakers in the community of Norwich, Ontario, Canada. English monolinguals, Heritage Dutch speakers, and late-learning Dutch L1 English speakers / θ / and / ð / production was measured in both naturalistic and reading tasks. Heritage Dutch speakers produce [θ] and [ð] at similar levels to Monolingual English speakers, the two groups use different allophone inventories especially in the initial position of / ð / and the medial-position of / θ /. This study suggests that despite having native English accents, D... Mehr ...

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Verfasser: Sarah Cornwell
Yasaman Rafat
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Reihe/Periodikum: Ilha do Desterro, Vol 70, Iss 3, Pp 95-116 (2017)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Schlagwörter: heritage language / dutch l1 / english l2 / socio-phonetics / interdental fricatives / Language and Literature / P / English literature / PR1-9680
Sprache: Englisch
Portuguese
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2017v70n3p95

This study investigates the production of / θ / and / ð / by three groups of English speakers in the community of Norwich, Ontario, Canada. English monolinguals, Heritage Dutch speakers, and late-learning Dutch L1 English speakers / θ / and / ð / production was measured in both naturalistic and reading tasks. Heritage Dutch speakers produce [θ] and [ð] at similar levels to Monolingual English speakers, the two groups use different allophone inventories especially in the initial position of / ð / and the medial-position of / θ /. This study suggests that despite having native English accents, Dutch Heritage speakers may manipulate the inherently variable English / θ / and / ð / production to communicate their Dutch cultural identity.