Perception of place-of-articulation contrasts of English word-final consonants in connected speech by Japanese and Korean second language learners

2012 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 1938-1938
Author(s):  
Kikuyo Ito ◽  
JungMoon Hyun
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
English Word ◽  
Connected Speech ◽  
Place Of Articulation

Morphophonemic transfer in English second language learners

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
SZE WEI PING ◽  
SUSAN J. RICKARD LIOW
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
English Word ◽  
Decision Task ◽  
Transitional Probability ◽  
L2 Processing ◽  
English Second Language ◽  
L1 English

Malay (Rumi) is alphabetic and has a transparent, agglutinative system of affixation. We manipulated language-specific junctural phonetics in Malay and English to investigate whether morphophonemic L1-knowledge influences L2-processing. A morpheme decision task, “Does this <nonword> sound like a mono- or bi-morphemic English word?”, was developed by crossing English Transitional Probability (high vs. low) with Malay Transitional Possibility (possible vs. impossible). The data for Malay-L1/English-L2 adults (N = 21) provide clear and reliable empirical evidence of L1-to-L2 morphophonemic transfer: Participants were more accurate at identifying transitional boundaries in English when they are also possible in Malay. Pedagogical implications are discussed.

A longitudinal ERP study of language effects in beginning second language learners

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine J. Midgley ◽  
Laura N. Soskey ◽  
Phillip J. Holcomb ◽  
Jonathan Grainger
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Language Effects
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