Title
Interlanguage variation: The influence of monitoring and contextualization on L2 phonological production
Abbreviated Journal Title
VIAL-Vigo Int. J. Appl. Linguist.
Keywords
phonological variation; L2 English interlanguage; contextualized; language; text type; Spanish-English bilinguals; PHONIC INTERFERENCE; ENGLISH VOWELS; LANGUAGE; SPANISH; REPRESENTATIONS; PERCEPTION; Linguistics; Language & Linguistics
Abstract
This exploratory study analyzes the production of the English /I/ in obligatory contexts by a Spanish-speaking L2 learner of English, whose native phonological system does not include /I/. This study investigates how context-defined by Duranti and Goodwin (1992) as "a frame that surrounds the event being examined and provides resources for its appropriate interpretation" affects a speaker's ability to accurately produce native-like phonemes in her L2. The results of the study showed that the participant was most accurate in her production of /I/ in the more vernacular register, i.e. narration, than in the more formal register, i.e. minimal pair naming. Apparently, contextual clues influenced the speakers' pronunciation of semantically and phonologically familiar words. The presence of contextualized language appears to facilitate the speaker and activate not only lexical features but also phonological components. In spite of being familiar with the semantics and the phonology of the target words, the subject of the current study achieved greater phonological success with production when the words were contextualized.
Journal Title
Vial-Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Volume
9
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
107
Last Page
132
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1697-0381
Recommended Citation
"Interlanguage variation: The influence of monitoring and contextualization on L2 phonological production" (2012). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 3388.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/3388
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