VOT production by Spanish heritage speakers in a trilingual context

Llama, Raquel; López-Morelos, Luz Patricia

doi:10.1080/14790718.2016.1217602

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“…Recall that both the TPM and the L2SF would predict L2 English transfer in L1 Mandarin-L2 English-L3 Spanish speakers, whereas no negative transfer should be observed according to the CEM. Indeed, the results of the present study are more consistent with studies observing that the L1 or dominant language is a more likely source of transfer (Pyun 2005;Kopečková 2014;Llama and López-Morelos 2016;Llama and Cardoso 2018). Nevertheless, some clear evidence of L2 transfer was found; the L2 flap facilitated acquisition of the L3 tap (but not in the least proficient L3 speakers), and some productions of L2 [ô] were also observed.…”

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“…Nevertheless, the results reported by Kopečková (2014) reveal that for her learners, the L1 was a stronger source of CLI. Similar findings were reported in Pyun (2005), Llama and Cardoso (2018), and Llama and López-Morelos (2016). Pyun (2005) investigated the acquisition of phonological processes (e.g., unreleased obstruents, consonant cluster simplification) in L1 Korean-L2 English-L3 Swedish speakers.…”

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confidence: 58%

“…Nevertheless, the SLM and the PAM-L2 do not consider difficulty in production. Nor do they consider the role of dominant articulatory routines, which have generally been shown to influence L3 production (Hammarberg and Hammarberg 2005;Llama and López-Morelos 2016;Lloyd-Smith et al 2017). Accordingly, any L3 model should be able to account for factors that influence production difficulty, while also considering the role of perceptual assimilation.…”

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“…However, for the L1 English-L2 French group, the L1 English influenced the L2 French productions, and it was not clear to what extent the L1, or both the L1 and L2, influenced the L3 Spanish VOT values. In a similar study, Llama and López-Morelos (2016) examined the VOT realization of voiceless stops by English dominant-Spanish heritage speakers acquiring L3 French. The L3 French VOT values patterned according to the speakers' English VOT values, and not the speakers' more similar Spanish VOT values.…”

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Acquisition of the Tap-Trill Contrast by L1 Mandarin–L2 English–L3 Spanish Speakers

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The goals of this study were to investigate the developmental patterns of acquisition of the Spanish tap and trill by L1 Mandarin–L2 English–L3 Spanish speakers, and to examine the extent to which the L1 and the L2 influenced the L3 productions. Twenty L1 Mandarin–L2 English–L3 Spanish speakers performed a reading task that elicited production of rhotics from the speakers’ L3 Spanish, L2 English, and L1 Mandarin, as well as the L2 English flap. The least proficient speakers produced a single substitution initially, generally [l]. The same non-target segment was produced for both rhotics, mirroring the results of previous studies investigating L1 English–L2 Spanish speakers, indicating that this may be a universal simplification strategy. In contrast to previous work on L1 English speakers, the L1 Mandarin–L2 English–L3 Spanish speakers who had acquired the tap did not tend to use it as the primary substitute for the trill. Overall, the L1 was a stronger source of cross-linguistic influence. Nonetheless, evidence of positive and negative L2 transfer was also found. The L2 flap allophone facilitated acquisition of the L3 tap, whereas non-target productions of the L2 /ɹ/ were also observed, revealing that both previously learned languages were possible sources of cross-linguistic influence.

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“…Unsurprisingly, then, L3 research mirrors SLA tendencies in several ways, such as the imbalance between the number of studies focusing on production (more frequent) and those focusing on perception, or the bias in favor of segmental features, as just mentioned. Among the limited number of L3 phonetic/phonological issues that have been investigated so far, we find vowels (Blank and Zimmer 2009;Kamiyama 2007;Kopečková 2015;Lechner and Kohlberger 2014;Missaglia 2010;Sypiańska 2016), and a phonetic measure of phonemic voicing in stops: VOT (Liu 2016;Llama et al 2010;Tremblay 2007;Wrembel 2014;Wunder 2011). Both vowels and VOT also happen to be the most frequently investigated aspects of L2 speech (see, for example, Cabrelli Amaro and Wrembel 2016; Hansen Edwards and Zampini 2008 for similar claims).…”

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Revisiting (Non-)Native Influence in VOT Production: Insights from Advanced L3 Spanish

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A growing body of research investigating cross-linguistic influence on the acquisition of a third phonological system suggests that first (L1) and second (L2) languages concur in influencing oral production in the target third language (L3). Yet, there are also claims of either a more noticeable effect of the L2 on the L3, or a prevailing influence from the L1. This study further explores whether the L1 and the L2 compete or converge on exerting influence on L3 pronunciation. To do so, we examine the production of voice onset time for voiceless stops by adult advanced learners of L3 Spanish divided into two groups (15 L1 English-L2 French, and 15 L1 French-L2 English speakers). Three monolingual control groups were also tested. Participants were recorded reading word lists that contained voiceless stops in stressed onset position. A Kruskal-Wallis test uncovered significant differences traceable to the L1-English speakers, which puts them at a slight disadvantage vis-à-vis their Francophone counterparts. These results favor claims of a more decisive role for the L1 in L3 pronunciation. We compare our results to findings from previous studies targeting intermediate learners, and find proficiency in the L3 may account for the observed differences.

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Production and Perception of L3 French Prosody: Approaching German-Turkish Heritage Bilingualism

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VOT production by Spanish heritage speakers in a trilingual context

Cited by 42 publications

References 34 publications

Acquisition of the Tap-Trill Contrast by L1 Mandarin–L2 English–L3 Spanish Speakers

Acquisition of the Tap-Trill Contrast by L1 Mandarin–L2 English–L3 Spanish Speakers

Revisiting (Non-)Native Influence in VOT Production: Insights from Advanced L3 Spanish

Production and Perception of L3 French Prosody: Approaching German-Turkish Heritage Bilingualism

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