Language change and linguistic inquiry in a world of multicompetence: Sustained phonetic drift and its implications for behavioral linguistic research

Chang, Charles B.

doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2019.03.001

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“…Kartushina and Martin (2019) showed that the vowel systems of Basque-Spanish bilinguals had moved closer to English norms after completing a two-week study abroad English program. Four months after the program, however, an acoustic re-analysis of the speakers' L1 and L2 vowels revealed that the vowel categories had drifted back to native norms (see Chang 2019), which suggests that L1 modifications occurring in the initial stage of L2 learning are only temporary and are likely to be reversed due to changes in language use and linguistic environment.…”

Section: Bi-directional L1-l2 Influences: An Integrated View Of Bilingual Speech Developmentmentioning

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“…While the studies outlined above explored L2-induced changes in the L1 pronunciation of speakers who were at the onset of L2 learning (Chang 2012(Chang , 2013(Chang , 2019Kartushina et al 2016) or experienced regular changes in their linguistic environment (Sancier and Fowler 1997;Tobin et al 2017), other studies examined L2-induced changes in the L1 pronunciation of experienced late bilinguals being permanently and long-term immersed in an L2 environment. Research into phonetic and phonological attrition has documented modifications in bilinguals' L1 segmental (de Leeuw 2019;Dmitrieva et al 2010;Mayr et al 2012;Stoehr et al 2017) andprosodic (de Leeuw et al 2012b;Mennen and Chousi 2018) productions in the direction of L2 norms.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Longitudinal Developments in Bilingual Second Language Acquisition and First Language Attrition of Speech: The Case of Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Mennen

2021

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The purpose of this investigation was to trace first (L1) and second language (L2) segmental speech development in the Austrian German–English late bilingual Arnold Schwarzenegger over a period of 40 years, which makes it the first study to examine a bilingual’s speech development over several decades in both their languages. To this end, acoustic measurements of voice onset time (VOT) durations of word-initial plosives (Study 1) and formant frequencies of the first and second formant of Austrian German and English monophthongs (Study 2) were conducted using speech samples collected from broadcast interviews. The results of Study 1 showed a merging of Schwarzenegger’s German and English voiceless plosives in his late productions as manifested in a significant lengthening of VOT duration in his German plosives, and a shortening of VOT duration in his English plosives, closer to L1 production norms. Similar findings were evidenced in Study 2, revealing that some of Schwarzenegger’s L1 and L2 vowel categories had moved closer together in the course of L2 immersion. These findings suggest that both a bilingual’s first and second language accent is likely to develop and reorganize over time due to dynamic interactions between the first and second language system.

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Section: Bi-directional L1-l2 Influences: An Integrated View Of Bilingual Speech Developmentmentioning

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Section: Bi-directional L1-l2 Influences: An Integrated View Of Bilingual Speech Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Longitudinal Developments in Bilingual Second Language Acquisition and First Language Attrition of Speech: The Case of Arnold Schwarzenegger

Kornder

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2021

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“…While effects of language use on L1 speech attrition have also been documented in other studies (e.g., Stoehr et al 2017;Chang 2019), the particular language use situation referred to in de Leeuw et al (2010) is one which requires sustained co-activation of the L1 and L2. Although both languages of a bilingual are always activated to some extent, the degree of activation can range from full activation of both languages, referred to as a bilingual language mode, to inhibition of one of the bilingual's languages in a monolingual language mode (Grosjean 2001).…”

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“…Languages 2021, 6, 114 2 of 28 to affect relatively inexperienced L2 learners with little or short-term exposure to the L2 (Chang 2012(Chang , 2013(Chang , 2019Dmitrieva et al 2020;Kartushina et al 2016) or whose linguistic environment regularly changes by travelling between the L1-and L2-speaking countries (Sancier and Fowler 1997;Tobin et al 2017). This type of change is, however, typically referred to as "gestural drift" (Sancier and Fowler 1997) or "phonetic drift" (Chang 2012(Chang , 2013 rather than L1 attrition, because of the temporary or transient nature of the change.…”

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The Effect of Dual Language Activation on L2-Induced Changes in L1 Speech within a Code-Switched Paradigm

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The present study sought to examine the effect of dual language activation on L1 speech in late English–Austrian German sequential bilinguals, and to identify relevant predictor variables. To this end, we compared the English speech patterns of adult migrants to Austria in a code-switched and monolingual condition alongside those of monolingual native speakers in England in a monolingual condition. In the code-switched materials, German words containing target segments known to trigger cross-linguistic interaction in the two languages (i.e., [v–w], [ʃt(ʁ)-st(ɹ)] and [l-ɫ]) were inserted into an English frame; monolingual materials comprised English words with the same segments. To examine whether the position of the German item affects L1 speech, the segments occurred either before the switch (“He wants a Wienerschnitzel”) or after (“I like Würstel with mustard”). Critical acoustic measures of these segments revealed no differences between the groups in the monolingual condition, but significant L2-induced shifts in the bilinguals’ L1 speech production in the code-switched condition for some sounds. These were found to occur both before and after a code-switch, and exhibited a fair amount of individual variation. Only the amount of L2 use was found to be a significant predictor variable for shift size in code-switched compared with monolingual utterances, and only for [w]. These results have important implications for the role of dual activation in the speech of late sequential bilinguals.

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“…The phenomenon of contact between two languages or more will lead to conditions of mutual influence on the application of first language or mother tongue rules in the use of a second language or vice versa. Charles stated that a fundamental goal of linguistic inquiry has been to characterize the complex and largely unconscious knowledge that permits human beings to speak their first language like a native speaker, with little apparent effort (Chang, 2019). The use of language alternately can cause confusion in language usage, known as interference (Lubis, n.d.).…”

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Sundanese Phonological Interference Into Arabic Language in Ketapang Society

Zahra

Amrulloh

Leviana

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Ketapang is a village in Limau sub-district, Tanggamus district, Lampung province, Indonesia, inhabited by Sundanese speakers. This condition contributes to the variation of Arabic pronunciation, causing irregularities or difficulties known as disturbances. Linguistic phenomenon as a form of language development, something important happens in Arabic. This research was to study phonological interference forms in Sundanese. This research used a qualitative descriptive method with data collection methods through interviews, observations and hearing that comes to the speech of the Ketapang community. The results showed several changes in the phonological change phenomenon, namely phoneme changes and word changes. This study contributes to the knowledge of language development that occurs from phonological disorders in Sundanese to Arabic, thus providing a great deal of knowledge about Arabic linguistic studies.

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Language change and linguistic inquiry in a world of multicompetence: Sustained phonetic drift and its implications for behavioral linguistic research

Cited by 34 publications

References 108 publications

Longitudinal Developments in Bilingual Second Language Acquisition and First Language Attrition of Speech: The Case of Arnold Schwarzenegger

Longitudinal Developments in Bilingual Second Language Acquisition and First Language Attrition of Speech: The Case of Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Effect of Dual Language Activation on L2-Induced Changes in L1 Speech within a Code-Switched Paradigm

Sundanese Phonological Interference Into Arabic Language in Ketapang Society

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