The Effects of Intensive Phonetic Training on the Acquisition of English Stops

Wojtkowiak, Ewelina

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-98218-8_15

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“…The present findings from ST clusters differ sharply from results obtained in studies examining the acquisition of aspiration and long VOT in L2 English singleton fortis stops. Many studies with groups of L1 Polish learners that are comparable to the groups analysed here (Schwartz, 2022;Schwartz et al, 2020;Waniek-Klimczak, 2005;Wojtkowiak, 2022;Zając, 2015) have documented success in the acquisition of aspiration in L2 English. Indeed, the Schwartz (2022) study was carried out with the same speakers as those examined here.…”

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“…By contrast, when listeners attend to phonetic differences between L1 and L2 sounds, a new L2 category is formed and acquisition is more successful. It appears that L1 Polish learners attend to the VOT differences in singleton stops, and aspiration is acquired successfully (Schwartz, 2022;Schwartz et al, 2020;Waniek-Klimczak, 2005;Wojtkowiak, 2022;Zając, 2015), according to the SLM's predictions. What is less clear is what predictions may be made for ST clusters, and how those predictions may relate to the L1-L2 results from this article.…”

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Searching for common phonological space: /s/-stop clusters in L1 Polish and L2 English

Schwartz

2022

Second Language Research

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Two acoustic studies of voice onset time (VOT) in sibilant–stop (ST) consonant clusters, produced by first language (L1) speakers of Polish, are presented. In the first, a baseline study of L1 Polish comparing ST clusters with initial singleton stops, a small degree of VOT shortening after /s/ was found for /p/, but not /t/. The second study compared ST productions by L1 Polish speakers of second language (L2) English across two levels of proficiency, speaking in both L1 and L2. Rather than shortening post-/s/ VOT, as is common in L1 English, speakers from both proficiency groups exhibited longer VOT in their L2 than in their L1. These results are consistent with the claim that Polish learners of English mistakenly apply the long VOT of L2 English singleton fortis stops in the post-/s/ position. A phonological interpretation of the results within the Onset Prominence framework is provided.

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