VOT production by Spanish heritage speakers in a trilingual context

Llama, Raquel; López-Morelos, Luz Patricia

doi:10.4324/9781315148465-4

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“…In L3 English, the HSs VOT productions did not differ from those of L1 English and the HSs outperformed the L1 Italian control group. In theory, these results pattern both with studies that have shown phonological CLI from the typologically closest language (e.g., Cabrelli & Pichan, 2021), and also with studies that argue for CLI from the dominant language (e.g., Gabriel et al, 2016; Llama & López-Morelos, 2016, 2020; Lloyd-Smith et al, 2017). However, it is debatable to what extent typological proximity (in the sense of genealogical relatedness) plays a role when languages have a different phonological make-up.…”

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“…To this end, patterns of CLI are assessed in the production of fortis and lenis stops in all three languages and by comparing the HSs to monolingual 2 and L2 control groups in each language. In contrast to previous VOT studies, which have focused exclusively on fortis stops, and often use word reading lists or picture naming tasks (e.g., Gabriel et al, 2018; Llama & López-Morelos, 2016, 2020), we examine the production of both fortis and lenis stops. Our study is based on semi-naturalistic speech, which is deemed as ecologically more valid.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…First, some studies on VOT acquisition have suggested dominance in the ML to be a driving factor, meaning that CLI from the HL tends to be negligible. For example, Llama and López-Morelos (2016) found that English-dominant Spanish HSs produced L3 Canadian French fortis stops in line with English, even though transferring from Spanish would have been more facilitative. Llama and López-Morelos (2020) confirmed this in a later study in which they investigated fortis stops in adolescent HSs of Spanish with English as ML and L3 French in a Canadian immersion context.…”

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Voice Onset Time in Multilingual Speakers: Italian Heritage Speakers in Germany With L3 English

Geiss

Gumbsheimer

Lloyd-Smith

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This study brings together two previously largely independent fields of multilingual language acquisition: heritage language and third language (L3) acquisition. We investigate the production of fortis and lenis stops in semi-naturalistic speech in the three languages of 20 heritage speakers (HSs) of Italian with German as a majority language and English as L3. The study aims to identify the extent to which the HSs produce distinct values across all three languages, or whether crosslinguistic influence (CLI) occurs. To this end, we compare the HSs’ voice onset time (VOT) values with those of L2 English speakers from Italy and Germany. The language triad exhibits overlapping and distinct VOT realizations, making VOT a potentially vulnerable category. Results indicate CLI from German into Italian, although a systemic difference is maintained. When speaking English, the HSs show an advantage over the Italian L2 control group, with less prevoicing and longer fortis stops, indicating a specific bilingual advantage.

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Voice Onset Time in Multilingual Speakers: Italian Heritage Speakers in Germany With L3 English

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Gumbsheimer

Lloyd-Smith

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“…She found that the L1 German was a more prevalent source of transfer, based on the presence of German uvular fricative or approximant substitutions. Other studies that reported primarily L1 transfer include Pyun (2005), Llama and Cardoso (2018), and Llama and López-Morelos (2016). While these studies support a proposal that the dominant language is a more likely source of CLI, other studies have found support for combined CLI (BLANK;ZIMMER, 2009, SYPIÁNSKA, 2016, and in some cases, primarily L2 transfer (TREMBLAY, 2007, LLAMA ET AL., 2010.…”

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“…The last ten years has seen a significant amount of work conducted on L3PP and the conclusions reported in these studies are not always consistent. Some studies have observed greater L1 CLI (e.g., PYUN, 2005;WREMBEL, 2012;2013, LLAMA;LÓPEZ-MORELOS, 2016, 2018, a mix of L1 and L2 CLI (e.g., BLANK;ZIMMER, 2009, WREMBEL, 2014SYPIÁNSKA, 2016), primarily L2 CLI in initial stages followed by L1 CLI (e.g., HAMMARBERG;HAMMARBERG, 2005, LLAMA ET. AL, 2010, WREMBEL, 2010, and primarily L2 CLI (e.g., CHANG, 2015).…”

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Uma análise da influência interlinguística global e local em aprendizes de Espanhol como L3, falantes de mandarim como L1 e inglês como L2 (An analysis of global and local crosslinguistic influence in L1 Mandarin-L2 English learners of L3 Spanish)

Patience¹

2019

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O presente estudo investigou a influência fonética interlinguística (CLI) em falantes de mandarim como L1, inglês como L2 e espanhol como L3. O objetivo foi determinar se a L1 ou a L2 era uma fonte mais forte de CLI em falantes trilíngues de três línguas tipologicamente distintas, e examinar até que ponto a proficiência de L2 e L3 desempenham um papel. Duas análises foram realizadas. Na análise geral, juízes hispânicos (N = 22) escutaram passagens lidas por falantes de mandarim como L1, de inglês como L2 e de espanhol como L3 (N = 17) com diferentes níveis de proficiência da L2 e da L3, e tentaram identificar o idioma nativo dos indivíduos. Na análise local, a produção da vibrante múltipla alveolar da L3 foi examinada, a fim de determinar se a L1 ou a L2 foi uma fonte mais frequente de transferência. As duas análises revelaram que tanto a L1 quanto a L2 foram possíveis fontes de transferência, embora a L1tenha sido uma fonte mais forte no geral. A proficiência oral de L2 e L3 não foi um fator significativo, revelando que outros fatores podem ser melhores preditores da fonte de transferência. Essas descobertas são discutidas em referência à sua compatibilidade com o Modelo de Primazia Tipológica e o Modelo do Status da L2 como fator. The present study investigated L3 phonetic crosslinguistic influence (CLI) in L1 Mandarin-L2 English-L3 Spanish speakers. The objective was to determine whether the L1 or the L2 was a stronger source of CLI in trilingual speakers of three typologically distinct languages, and to examine the extent to which L2 and L3 proficiency play a role. Two analyses were performed. In the global analysis, Spanish-speaking judges (N=22) listened to passages read by L1 Mandarin-L2 English-L3 Spanish speakers (N=17) with varying levels of L2 and L3 proficiency and attempted to identify the speakers’ native language. In the local analysis, the L3 production of the Spanish trill was examined, with the goal of determining whether the L1 or L2 was a more frequent source of transfer. The two analyses revealed that both the L1 and L2 were possible sources of transfer, although the L1 was a stronger source overall. L2 and L3 oral proficiency were not significant factors, revealing that other factors may be better predictors of the source of transfer. These findings are discussed in reference to their compatibility with the Typological Primacy Model and the L2 Status Factor Model.

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Initial phonological transfer in L3 Brazilian Portuguese and Italian

Amaro

Pichan

2019

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This study examines five variables posited to drive(s) initial phonological transfer of (part of) one system over another in an L3: language status (L1/L2), facilitation, global structural similarity, dominance, and bilingual experience. Specifically, we investigate production of intervocalic voiced stops by English/Spanish bilinguals at the initial stages of L3 Brazilian Portuguese (BP) or Italian. These segments surface as [−continuant] in BP, Italian, and English but are realized as [+continuant] in Spanish; English transfer is therefore facilitative while Spanish is non-facilitative. Three groups (English-dominant heritage Spanish speakers, L1 English/L2 Spanish, L1 Spanish/L2 English) enrolled in first semester BP or Italian completed delayed repetition tasks in all three languages. The majority of participants across groups produce Spanish-like [+continuant] segments, suggestive of a primary role for global structural similarity. For the subset of participants across groups that produces English-like/L3-like [−continuant] segments, debrief data indicate a potential relationship between metalinguistic knowledge and [−continuant] production.

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VOT production by Spanish heritage speakers in a trilingual context

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Voice Onset Time in Multilingual Speakers: Italian Heritage Speakers in Germany With L3 English

Voice Onset Time in Multilingual Speakers: Italian Heritage Speakers in Germany With L3 English

Uma análise da influência interlinguística global e local em aprendizes de Espanhol como L3, falantes de mandarim como L1 e inglês como L2 (An analysis of global and local crosslinguistic influence in L1 Mandarin-L2 English learners of L3 Spanish)

Initial phonological transfer in L3 Brazilian Portuguese and Italian

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