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Age of acquisition and allophony in Spanish-English bilinguals

This study examines age of acquisition (AoA) in Spanish-English bilinguals’ phonetic and phonological knowledge of /l/ in English and Spanish. In English, the lateral approximant /l/ varies in darkness by context [based on the second formant (F2) and the difference between F2 and the first formant (...

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Autor principal: Barlow, Jessica A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24795664
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00288
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description This study examines age of acquisition (AoA) in Spanish-English bilinguals’ phonetic and phonological knowledge of /l/ in English and Spanish. In English, the lateral approximant /l/ varies in darkness by context [based on the second formant (F2) and the difference between F2 and the first formant (F1)], but the Spanish /l/ does not. Further, English /l/ is overall darker than Spanish /l/. Thirty-eight college-aged adults participated: 11 Early Spanish-English bilinguals who learned English before the age of 5 years, 14 Late Spanish-English bilinguals who learned English after the age of 6 years, and 13 English monolinguals. Participants’ /l/ productions were acoustically analyzed by language and context. The results revealed a Spanish-to-English phonetic influence on /l/ productions for both Early and Late bilinguals, as well as an English-to-Spanish phonological influence on the patterning of /l/ for the Late Bilinguals. These findings are discussed in terms of the Speech Learning Model and the effect of AoA on the interaction between a bilingual speaker’s two languages.
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spelling pubmed-40010202014-05-02 Age of acquisition and allophony in Spanish-English bilinguals Barlow, Jessica A. Front Psychol Psychology This study examines age of acquisition (AoA) in Spanish-English bilinguals’ phonetic and phonological knowledge of /l/ in English and Spanish. In English, the lateral approximant /l/ varies in darkness by context [based on the second formant (F2) and the difference between F2 and the first formant (F1)], but the Spanish /l/ does not. Further, English /l/ is overall darker than Spanish /l/. Thirty-eight college-aged adults participated: 11 Early Spanish-English bilinguals who learned English before the age of 5 years, 14 Late Spanish-English bilinguals who learned English after the age of 6 years, and 13 English monolinguals. Participants’ /l/ productions were acoustically analyzed by language and context. The results revealed a Spanish-to-English phonetic influence on /l/ productions for both Early and Late bilinguals, as well as an English-to-Spanish phonological influence on the patterning of /l/ for the Late Bilinguals. These findings are discussed in terms of the Speech Learning Model and the effect of AoA on the interaction between a bilingual speaker’s two languages. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4001020/ /pubmed/24795664 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00288 Text en Copyright © 2014 Barlow. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title Age of acquisition and allophony in Spanish-English bilinguals
title_full Age of acquisition and allophony in Spanish-English bilinguals
title_fullStr Age of acquisition and allophony in Spanish-English bilinguals
title_full_unstemmed Age of acquisition and allophony in Spanish-English bilinguals
title_short Age of acquisition and allophony in Spanish-English bilinguals
title_sort age of acquisition and allophony in spanish-english bilinguals
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24795664
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00288
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