Using FL Accent Imitation in L1 in Foreign-Language Speech Research

Rojczyk, Arkadiusz

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-11092-9_14

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“…This effect indicates that both lexicons simultaneously affect articulatory processes in each syllable and that the motor programs of glossolalia are not completely independent of German lexical structures. This observation parallels findings that native languages affect the characteristics of both perception (Best et al, 2001) and production (Casillas, 2019;Kartushina & Martin, 2019;Rojczyk, 2012) of second languages. It is thus possible that glossolalia has reached the status of a "second language" for each of the practitioners.…”

Section: Effects Of German On Glossolaliasupporting

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“…Second, we contrasted how well the phonetic characteristics of glossolalia syllables were predicted by statistical measures gauged on the glossolalia corpus as a whole and statistical measures gauged for individual practitioners. Finally, productions of glossolalia are conceivably affected by a speaker’s native language in the same way that first languages generally affect the phonetic characteristics of second languages (Best et al, 2001; Casillas, 2019; Kartushina & Martin, 2019; Rojczyk, 2012, among many others). Accordingly, we tested to what degree glossolalia’s syllable duration can be predicted by frequency and probability estimates on the basis of a corpus of spontaneous speech in German.…”

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Predictability Associated With Reduction in Phonetic Signals Without Semantics—The Case of Glossolalia

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Tomaschek

2023

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Glossolalia can be regarded as an instance of speech production in which practitioners produce syllables in seemingly random sequences. However, a closer inspection of glossalalia’s statistical properties reveals that sequences show a Zipfian pattern similar to natural languages, with some syllables being more probable than others. It is well established that statistical properties of sequences are implicitly learned, and that these statistical properties correlate with changes in kinematic and speech behavior. For speech, this means that more predictable items are phonetically shorter. Accordingly, we hypothesized for glossolalia that if practitioners have learned a serial pattern in glossolalia in the same manner as in natural languages, its statistical properties should correlate with its phonetic characteristics. Our hypothesis was supported. We find significantly shorter syllables associated with higher syllable probabilities in glossolalia. We discuss this finding in relation to theories about the sources of probability-related changes in the speech signal.

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Section: Effects Of German On Glossolaliasupporting

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Predictability Associated With Reduction in Phonetic Signals Without Semantics—The Case of Glossolalia

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2023

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“…For example, Rojczyk (2013) found that Polish learners of English significantly converged toward a model English speaker on a difficult L2 vowel /ae/ in a shadowing task. However, as Rojczyk (2013) did not measure the categorical boundary of /ae/ for the Polish learners, it is difficult to estimate whether or not different degrees of establishment of a new L2 category affect accommodation. Another study by Rojczyk et al (2013) showed that when learning two different difficult L2 sounds, the one that shared a greater similarity with L1 was easier to imitate.…”

Section: Challenges In L2 Accommodationmentioning

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Phonetic Dissimilarity and L2 Category Formation in L2 Accommodation

Cao

2023

Lang Speech

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Many studies of speech accommodation focus on native speakers with different dialects, whereas only a limited number of studies work on L2 speakers’ accommodation and discuss theories for second language (L2) accommodation. This paper aimed to fill the theoretical gap by integrating the revised speech learning model (SLM) with the exemplar-based models for L2 speech accommodation. A total of 19 Cantonese–English bilingual speakers completed map tasks with English speakers of Received Pronunciation and General American English in two separate experiments. Their pronunciations of THOUGHT and PATH vowels, and fricatives [z] and [θ] were examined before, during, and after the map tasks. The role of phonetic dissimilarity in L2 accommodation and L2 category formation in the revised SLM (SLM-r) were tested. First, the results suggested that global phonetic dissimilarity cannot predict Hong Kong English (HKE) speakers’ accommodation patterns. Instead, the segment-specific phonetic dissimilarity between participants and interlocutors was found to be positively correlated with the participants’ degree of accommodation. In addition, HKE speakers who did not form a new L2 category of [z] were found to significantly accommodate toward their interlocutor, suggesting that L2 accommodation might not be constrained by phonological category. An integrated exemplar model for L2 accommodation is proposed to explain these findings.

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“…The main source of these errors is a negative transfer from first language [L1] to the second language [L2] due to the differences between L1 and L2 sounds systems. According to Rojczyk (2015), the notion of transfer in foreign language accent imitation is the most crucial. As explained by Balas (2018: 16), "non-native speech sounds are incorrectly interpreted, because they pass through the filter of native phonology" which means that, without specific knowledge, an L2 learner does not distinguish some similar L2 and L1 sounds and categorises them as identical instead.…”

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A study on the relationship between musical ability and EFL pronunciation proficiency

Kaszycka

2021

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This study investigates the relationship between musical ability and pronunciation proficiency of English as a foreign language [EFL] of university students of English philology. English pronunciation of the participants is evaluated by academic teachers of English in three categories: the general impression of the foreign or native accent, the accuracy of production of English sounds and the use of word stress and intonation. This experiment was conducted entirely online. Participants’ musical ability was tested using Gordon’s Advanced Measure of Music Audiation [AMMA]. The results of this study demonstrate a moderately positive correlation between musicality and FL pronunciation proficiency. The more musical students, the higher marks from the judges. The present findings seem to be consistent with other studies which suggest that musical skills may positively affect the acquisition of foreign language pronunciation.

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Using FL Accent Imitation in L1 in Foreign-Language Speech Research

Cited by 9 publications

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Predictability Associated With Reduction in Phonetic Signals Without Semantics—The Case of Glossolalia

Predictability Associated With Reduction in Phonetic Signals Without Semantics—The Case of Glossolalia

Phonetic Dissimilarity and L2 Category Formation in L2 Accommodation

A study on the relationship between musical ability and EFL pronunciation proficiency

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