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First-language phonotactics in second-language listening.

Andrea Weber1, Anne Cutler

  • 1Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany. aweber@coli.uni.sb.de

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|February 4, 2006
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Proficient non-native English speakers can use English phonotactics for speech segmentation. However, their first language (L1) phonotactic rules can interfere with processing second language (L2) sounds.

Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Phonetics and Phonology

Background:

  • Understanding how non-native speakers process continuous speech is crucial for language acquisition research.
  • Phonotactic constraints, the rules governing sound sequences in a language, play a significant role in speech segmentation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether proficient German learners of English utilize English phonotactic probabilities for word segmentation in continuous speech.
  • To compare the influence of native (L1) and second language (L2) phonotactic constraints on speech segmentation in bilinguals.

Main Methods:

  • Participants included highly proficient German learners of English and native American English speakers.
  • Participants listened to nonsense speech sequences with embedded English words.

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  • Response times were measured to assess word detection facilitation based on phonotactic constraints.

    • Main Results:

    • Both groups were facilitated by contexts adhering to English and German phonotactic rules at word onset.
    • Native English speakers were facilitated by English-specific phonotactic cues, while German speakers showed sensitivity to both English and German cues.
    • German speakers demonstrated significant facilitation from German-specific phonotactic cues, suggesting L1 interference.

    Conclusions:

    • Proficient second language learners can acquire and apply L2 phonotactic probabilities for speech segmentation.
    • First language phonotactic constraints can interfere with, and impact, second language speech processing even in highly proficient learners.