The perception of word boundaries in a second language
By Evelyn P. Altenberg. 2005
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Adult Spanish second language (L2) learners of English and native speakers of English participated in an English perception task designed to investigate their ability to use L2 acoustic-phonetic cues, e.g., aspiration, to segment the stream of speech into words. Subjects listened to a phrase and indicated whether they heard, e.g., keep sparking or keeps parking. The results indicate that learners are significantly worse than native speakers at using acoustic-phonetic cues, and that some types of stimuli are easier for learners to segment than others. The findings suggest that various factors, including transfer and markedness, may be relevant to success in L2 segmentation.
Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
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Citations in the corpus
- Recent developments in second and foreign language listening comprehension research (2007, background): “Altenberg (2005) found that perceptual salience plays an important role, and that transfer and markedness may also be relevant to success in L2 segmentation.”
- Issues in Second Language Listening Comprehension and the Pedagogical Implications (2012, result): “For example, in Altenberg’s (2005) study, the results indicated that learners are significantly worse than native speakers at using acoustic phonetic cues, and that some types of stimuli are easier for learners to identify than others.”