Perception of place of articulation in English fricatives by Spanish listeners

  1. Silvia Carmen Barreiro Bilbao 1
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

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Revista:
VIAL, Vigo international journal of applied linguistics

ISSN: 1697-0381

Año de publicación: 2015

Número: 12

Páginas: 37-62

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Establecer diferencias entre fonemas que no son funcionalmente distintivos en la lengua materna es una tarea ardua para oyentes no nativos. En el presente trabajo se exponen los resultados del experimento que se llevó a cabo con el fin de investigar la percepción de contrastes no nativos por parte de 26 oyentes hispanohablantes, que se utilizaron como informantes. Un grupo de hablantes ingleses sirvió como el grupo de control. Los oyentes fueron expuestos al contraste inglés /s/ vs /∫/, que no es fonémico en español, en dos palabras sintentizadas, Sue y shoe. Los resultados mostraron que un gran número de oyentes habían adquirido el contraste; además, se apreciaron diferencias en el uso de ciertos índices acústicos que señalaban el contraste, causadas por la influencia de la L1. Asimismo, los resultados no tuvieron correlación ni con la edad ni el tiempo de aprendizaje de la L2, ni la edad del participante

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