BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN L2 SPEECH PERCEPTION RESEARCH AND PHONOLOGICAL THEORY

By Paola Escudero, Paul P. G. Boersma. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2004

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Language and Linguistics

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Effects of orthographic forms on pronunciation in experienced instructed second language learners (2015, background): “In general, quantitative (durational) differences between vowels are easier for L2 learners to perceive and produce than are qualitative differences, such as vowel height and frontness (Bohn, 1995; Escudero & Boersma, 2004; Nimz, 2011).”
Phonological contrast and its phonetic enhancement: dispersedness without dispersion* (2011, positive): “Boersma & Hamann present the results of several simulations using Lexicon-Driven Perceptual Learning (Boersma 1997, Escudero & Boersma 2004), based on the Gradual Learning Algorithm of Boersma (1997) and Boersma & Hayes (2001); they show that while the contrast between the English sibilants /s/ and…”
Does a Speaking Task Affect Second Language Comprehensibility (2015, background): “From a theoretical standpoint, nearly all conceptual frameworks of L2 speech learning predict L1-specific influences on production (e.g., Eckman, 2004; Escudero & Boersma, 2004; Flege, 2003).”
The linguistic perception of similar L2 sounds (2009, methodology): “8 The same interpretation is found in Escudero & Boersma (2004b).”
Development of the ability to lexically encode novel second language phonemic contrasts (2008, background): “…speech; e.g. the Perceptual Assimilation Model (Best, 1995); the Speech Learning Model (Flege, 1995); the Similarity Differential Rate Hypothesis (Major and Kim, 1999); the Native Language Magnet Model (Kuhl and Iverson, 1995); see also Boersma et al., 2003; Escudero and Boersma, 2004).”
Second Language Comprehensibility Revisited: Investigating the Effects of Learner Background (2015, background): “…in L2 pronunciation learning ascribe an important role to speakers’ first language (L1) in determining the rate and ultimate success of learning (e.g., Eckman, 2004; Escudero & Boersma, 2004; Flege, 2003), previous research on comprehensibility and accent paid little attention to speakers’ L1.”
Nonnative and second-language speech perception : commonalities and complementarities (2007, background): “Moreover, not only can different L1s have different effects on perception of the same L2 vowels, but in addition, L1 and L2 dialect differences can both systematically affect perception of L2 vowel contrasts (Escudero & Boersma, 2004; Ingram & Park, 1997).”