First and Second Language Speech Perception: Graded Learning

Language Learning - Tập 62 Số s2 - Trang 131-147 - 2012
Núria Sebastián‐Gallés1, Begoña Díaz2
1Speech Acquisition and Perception Group, Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
2Max Planck Research Group Neural Mechanisms of Human Communication, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society

Tóm tắt

In the process of language learning, individuals must acquire different types of linguistic knowledge, such as the sounds of the language (phonemes), how these may be combined to form words (phonotactics), and morphological rules. Early and late bilinguals tend to perform like natives on second language phonological tasks that involve pre‐lexical processes (e.g., categorization or identification of isolate phonemes) but their performance decreases when the tasks tap into lexical processes (e.g., accessing to the lexicon storage and selecting the appropiate words). This graded performance across phonological processes is consistent with the processing hierarchy proposed by different models of (native) speech perception. The relation between the first and second languages is further evidenced by the correlation between native and non‐native phoneme discrimination of both early and late bilinguals. This correlation provides evidence that individual differences in the command of non‐native sounds are caused by a language‐specific capability. We propose that the study of second language processes combined with the assessment of individual differences is a relevant field for the understanding of the speech perception architecture.

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Language Learning

Tập 62 Số s2

131-147

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