In:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Vol. 91, No. 4_Supplement ( 1992-04-01), p. 2472-2472
Abstract:
Native Arabic speakers who were either late learners (first resided in an English speaking country after high school) or early learners (first resided during high school) were compared in two experiments that tested their use of vocalic duration and F1 offset frequency as final consonant voicing cues in the English CVC’s ‘‘pod’’ and ‘‘pot.’’ Experiment 1 measured both vocalic duration and F1 offset frequency of subjects’ productions of these syllables; and experiment 2 considered their perception of tokens from synthetic ‘‘pod’’–‘‘pot’’ continua that varied vocalic duration and F1 offset. The results indicate some effects of native language experience and age of learning. Use of vocalic duration in production was greater for early than late learners, although considerably smaller than that of native English speakers. The early learners showed native-like sensitivity to vocalic duration as a voicing cue, but the late learners did not. The range of F1 offset frequency differences tended to be smaller than in native productions, and to show less effect of voicing. However, both nonnative groups showed native-like sensitivity to F1 offset.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0001-4966
,
1520-8524
Language:
English
Publisher:
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Publication Date:
1992
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1461063-2
