8. Trying to hit a moving target: On the sociophonetics of code-switching

Bullock, Barbara E.; Toribio, Almeida Jacqueline

doi:10.1075/sibil.41.12bul

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“…Also supporting findings of a degree of phonetic interaction, albeit bi-directional transfer, Bullock & Toribio (2009) analyzed VOT in three groups of Spanish-English bilinguals in a laboratory speech task. Findings for late English-and Spanish-dominant bilinguals parallel the unidirectional transfer found in a number of other studies.…”

Section: Code-switching and Phonetic Interactionsupporting

confidence: 62%

“…With respect to the production of VOT at the point of switch, Grosjean & Miller (1994: 203) concluded that, 'switching from one language to another appears to involve a total change, not only at the lexical level but also at the phonetic level'. However, as pointed out by Bullock & Toribio (2009), the stimuli used by Grosjean & Miller (1994) were all cross-linguistic homonyms and proper names, such as Carl, which were produced in both languages. The nature of these tokens may actually encourage participants to hyper-articulate the tokens to indicate that they pertain to the opposite language.…”

Section: Code-switching and Phonetic Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hypothesis: Drawing on the previous literature (Antoniou et al 2011, Bullock et al 2006, Bullock & Toribio 2009, it is anticipated that code-switching will impact phonetic production. Furthermore, although bi-directional transfer is possible (e.g.…”

Section: Research Questionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Of the extant studies regarding the phonetic reflexes of code-switching, the outcomes of this potential source of interaction have been variable, including no phonetic interaction (Grosjean & Miller 1994), unidirectional transfer (Bullock et al 2006, Antoniou et al 2011, Balukas & Koops 2015, and bi-directional transfer (Bullock & Toribio 2009), as well as some variation depending on the place of articulation (González López 2012). These findings have been shown for both early bilinguals (Balukas & Koops 2015) as well as late bilinguals (Bullock et al 2006, Bullock & Toribio 2009, Gónzález Lopez 2012, the latter being the focus of the current study. Adding to this complex picture, language mode, or the relative position of a bilingual on a continuum from monolingual to bilingual speech patterns in a given conversation, has also been shown to have an effect on segmental phonetic production (Olson 2013, Simonet 2014.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The role of code-switching and language context in bilingual phonetic transfer

Olson

2016

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

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The present study examines the effect of two potential catalysts for interlanguage phonetic interaction, code-switching and language mode, on the production of voice onset time (VOT) to better understand the role of (near) simultaneous dual language activation on phonetic production, as well as the nature of phonetic transfer. An oral production paradigm was carried out in which Spanish-English bilinguals produced words with initial voiceless stops as non-switched tokens, code-switched tokens in an otherwise monolingual context, and code-switched tokens in a bilingual context. Results demonstrated a degree of phonetic transfer associated with code-switching, either unidirectional or bi-directional. Specifically, English, with long lag VOT, was more susceptible to phonetic transfer than Spanish (short lag). Contrary to expectations, while the code-switching effect was present in both monolingual and bilingual mode, there was no additional transfer, or additive effect, of bilingual language mode. Differences in the effects of code-switching on English and Spanish are discussed with respect to the inherently different acceptable VOT ranges in the two languages. Furthermore, the lack of difference in VOT between the code-switched tokens in the monolingual and bilingual contexts is taken to suggest limits on phonetic transfer.

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Section: Code-switching and Phonetic Interactionsupporting

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Section: Research Questionsmentioning

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The role of code-switching and language context in bilingual phonetic transfer

Olson

2016

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

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“…Similarly, Bullock and Toribio (2009) reported significant effects of code-switching on VOT values for Spanish-English bilinguals, suggesting that bilingual speech may be particularly vulnerable to cross-linguistic interactions when both languages are activated and alternated in discourse.…”

Section: Cross-linguistic Interactions and Input Settingsmentioning

confidence: 92%