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Title: | Speakers differentiate English intrusive and onset /r/, but L2 listeners do not |
Authors: | Tuinman, Annelie Mitterer, Holger Cutler, Anne |
Keywords: | Phonetics Second language acquisition Speech perception |
Issue Date: | 2007-08 |
Publisher: | Saarland University |
Citation: | Tuinman, A., Mitterer, H., & Cutler, A. (2007). Speakers differentiate English intrusive and onset/r/, but L2 listeners do not. 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2007), Saarbrucken. 1905-1908. |
Abstract: | We investigated whether non-native listeners can exploit phonetic detail in recognizing potentially ambiguous utterances, as native listeners can [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]. Due to the phenomenon of intrusive /r/, the English phrase extra ice may sound like extra rice. A production study indicates that the intrusive /r/ can be distinguished from the onset /r/ in rice, as it is phonetically weaker. In two cross-modal identity priming studies, however, we found no conclusive evidence that Dutch learners of English are able to make use of this difference. Instead, auditory primes such as extra rice and extra ice with onset and intrusive /r/s activate both types of targets such as ice and rice. This supports the notion of spurious lexical activation in L2 perception. |
URI: | http://www.icphs2007.de/ https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/25351 |
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