Final Cluster Reduction in English L2 Speech: A Case Study of a Vietnamese Speaker

Osburne, Andrea G.

doi:10.1093/applin/17.2.164

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“…In a case study of final cluster reduction in an advanced Vietnamese L2 learner of English, Osburne (1996) included a longitudinal dimension. Two recordings (from 1985 and 1991) containing natural, conversational speech were analyzed and compared.…”

Section: General Development Of L2 Syllable Structure: Target Versus mentioning

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Development and Recoverability of L2 Codas

Abrahamsson

2003

Stud Second Lang Acquis

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This study deals with the development and recoverability of wordfinal codas in Chinese-Swedish interlanguage. The relation between consonant deletion and vowel epenthesis is investigated from both a developmental perspective and a grammatical-functional one. Longitudinal, conversational data from three Chinese beginner learners of Swedish were analyzed. First, it is shown that for these learners the acquisition of Swedish codas was U-shaped rather than linear such that they exhibited relatively high accuracy rates at early stages, lower accuracy rates at later stages, and again high accuracy rates at more advanced stages. It is also demonstrated that the epenthesis-deletion differential is closely related to second language proficiency in that the proportion of epenthesis to deletion errors increases over time. Furthermore, the data show that word-final codas that are relatively important for the retention of semantically relevant information generate lower overall frequencies of simplification and greater epenthesis-deletion proportions than codas containing information that is relatively recoverable from other segments or features in the context. I would like to thank Björn Hammarberg, Kenneth Hyltenstam, and Roy Major for their comments on an earlier version of this paper. I am also grateful to four anonymous SSLA reviewers for their suggestions for revision. All remaining errors are mine.

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Section: General Development Of L2 Syllable Structure: Target Versus mentioning

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Development and Recoverability of L2 Codas

Abrahamsson

2003

Stud Second Lang Acquis

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“…What is more, Vietnamese /z/ even has same place of articulation as /ð/ (refer to the consonant inventory by Doan, Nguyen, and Pham (2006)). Moreover, in contrary to English final consonants, Vietnamese ending sounds are never fricatives, and they are never released (Tang, 2007;Osburne, 1996;Avery & Ehlrich, 1995). In other words, pronouncing English fricatives at the word-final position is totally "new" to Vietnamese, thus, the negative transference arises, contributing to the confusion (Luu, 2011).…”

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“…Secondly, compared to English, much fewer consonants could occur at the end of a Vietnamese word (Tang, 2007). Furthermore, unlike English, Vietnamese ending sounds are never fricatives, and they are never released, either (Tang, 2007;Osburne, 1996;Avery & Ehlrich, 1995). As a result, pronouncing English fricatives at the word-final position is totally "new" to Vietnamese, thus, the negative transference arises, making the problems tougher.…”

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Pronunciation of Consonants /Ð/ and /Θ/ by Adult Vietnamese Efl Learners

Bui¹

2016

Indonesian J. Appl. Linguist

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This study examined the pronunciation of consonants /ð/ & /θ/ by adult Vietnamese learners of English. Ten adult Vietnamese learners of English were selected to be the sample for the audiotape observation, which aimed at identifying the participants' mistakes in pronouncing /ð/ and /θ/. Secondly, 115 learners of English in Vietnam were asked to complete a questionnaire regarding the causes of their pronunciation errors. The findings indicated that substitution phenomenon was a dominant problem in the students' pronunciation of /θ/ and /ð/. The most outstanding problem in pronouncing the consonant /θ/ was replacing this sound by Vietnamese /t'/. With regards to /ð/ sound, it was most frequently mispronounced as /z/. Besides, there was a new kind of mistake found: it was the tendency to pronounce /dʒ/ instead of /ð/, which has not been reported ever. Apart from that, participants also confirmed some causes of their erroneous pronunciation. As perceived by the learners themselves, the most popular causes of their problems were the lack of English exposure and practice, which implicated that an effective environment for using English was highly necessary.

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“…Another noticeable phenomenon concerns the articulatory distinction between the consonants [ [3, p. 49]. A third point mentioned frequently for Vietnamese learners is their problem with consonantal clusters, both in German [1][2][3] and English [4,5].…”

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“…While previous studies have focused on the production side [1][2][3][4][5], the present study investigates whether the perception is equally affected. In our study, we concentrate on the initial stages at which perceptual sensitivity to German phonotactics sets in, by examining adult German as foreign language (Gfl) learners with up to 18 months of L2 exposure.…”

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Vietnamese Learners Tackling the German /ʃt/ in Perception

Sennema¹,

Hamann²

2019

Interspeech 2019

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Previous observations from didactic studies have indicated that Vietnamese learners of German as a foreign language often fail to realize consonantal clusters in German [1, 2, 3]. The present study investigated whether this problem occurs already at the level of perception, i.e., whether Vietnamese learners find it difficult to perceive the difference between a cluster and a single consonant. We focused on the discrimination between the German cluster /ʃt/ and the single consonants /t/ and /ʃ/, both in onset and coda position. Due to different phonotactic restrictions on coda consonants in Vietnamese, we expected the coda position to pose a bigger challenge for correct discrimination than the onset position. With an AX discrimination task, we tested how 83 university students from Hanoi perceived these contrasts. Our findings show that only the distinction between /ʃt/-/ʃ/ in coda position posed a real challenge to our listeners. We attribute this difficulty to the weak and non-native auditory cues for the plosive in this position. For all other contrasts our participants performed surprisingly well. We propose that this is due to the influence of English as first L2 that facilitates the acquisition of phonological contrasts in German as an L3.

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Final Cluster Reduction in English L2 Speech: A Case Study of a Vietnamese Speaker

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Development and Recoverability of L2 Codas

Development and Recoverability of L2 Codas

Pronunciation of Consonants /Ð/ and /Θ/ by Adult Vietnamese Efl Learners

Vietnamese Learners Tackling the German /ʃt/ in Perception

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