The Perception of English Intonation Patterns by German L2 Speakers of English

Puga, Karin; Fuchs, Robert; Setter, Jane; Mok, Peggy

doi:10.21437/interspeech.2017-1279

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“…questions, statements, sarcasm, etc.) that are embedded in a narrative context and compare this with the results of our previous perception study [3].…”

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confidence: 69%

“…Previous studies of L2 production show that speech produced by learners of English differs significantly from the speech produced by native speakers [1,8]. Studies of L2 perception, however, reported only a few problematic areas for L2 speakers, such as tag questions and sarcasm [3,13]. This might suggest that, even though learners of English are able to recognize and understand intonational patterns, their production may lag behind their abilities in speech perception.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…While a sizeable number of studies have investigated the production of prosody, very few studies have focused on perception. The two studies most relevant to the present analysis were conducted by Mok et al (Hong Kong English (HKE) vs. BrE) [13] and Puga et al (GE vs. BrE) [3]. Both studies tested the learners' knowledge of nuclear tones in an intonation perception task and compared them to a native control group.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…All of the participants were advanced learners of English enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree in English literature and linguistics. 6 of the 20 participants had stayed in an Englishspeaking country for a period ranging from one month to one year (see [3] for further information).…”

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The Perception-Production Link in Intonation: Evidence from German Learners of English

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Investigations of the link between the perception and production of prosody by language learners can inform theories of prosody perception and production, especially with regard to Second Language Acquisition (SLA), and for the implementation of prosody in Foreign Language Teaching (FLT). The perception and production of prosody in L2 speech are often analyzed separately, but the link between the two is rarely the focus of investigation [e.g. 1, 2].In a previous study [3], we analyzed the perception of prosody in read speech by German learners of English (n=20), who performed similarly to the British English (BrE) control group (n=25) for some sentence types (e.g. statements, yes/noquestions) and worse for others (e.g. open and closed tag questions, sarcasm). The present study extends this analysis by comparing the same learners' perception and production of prosody in read speech with the same sentence types.Overall, the learners (n=20) performed better in production and were more similar to the native speakers' (n=10) performance than in the perception task. However, the learners significantly differed from the native controls in production, i.e. closed tag questions and checking questions. Interestingly, the learners also performed significantly better in yes/no and statement questions than the native speakers.

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“…questions, statements, sarcasm, etc.) that are embedded in a narrative context and compare this with the results of our previous perception study [3].…”

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The Perception-Production Link in Intonation: Evidence from German Learners of English

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“…In EFL classrooms, intonation is often perceived as challenging to teach. Intonation is a particularly demanding aspect of L2 speech learning (Puga et al, 2017). Although teachers rarely notice the study and use of intonation, difficulties learning English can be overcome through EFL learners (Ali & Yunus, 2014).…”

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Exploring Intonations in Sesame Street’s Puppet Shows: A Phonological Perspective

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2019

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Intonation is a primary aspect in phonology, particularly in the supra-segmental area. Intonation carries meaning and changing the intonation of an utterance can quickly change the meaning of that utterance. This research aims to discover the patterns of intonation used in Sesame Street's puppet show and identify how interpersonal meaning is constructed on the show. This research was conducted from a phonology perspective and using the qualitative method. This research concentrates on phonology, mainly the supra-segmental area that is intonation. The focus of this study was on the relation between intonation patterns (tonality, tonicity, and tone) and interpersonal meaning. The website of Sesame Street was the source of Primary data for this study, as well as the puppet show's episode "Alphabet Race" (from Season 38). This research involved the researchers as its major instrument for analysing the data. In the process of collecting data, the researchers did documentation. This analysis finds the different division of the information between the systemic functional grammar level and the intonation level, which is shown from the clauses and tone units found in the show. The findings of this research provide teachers and EFL learners with further insight into how utterances deal with their intonation.

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Re-examining the effect of phonological similarity between the native- and second-language intonational systems in second-language speech segmentation

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This study investigates how phonological and phonetic aspects of the native-language (L1) intonation modulate the use of tonal cues in second-language (L2) speech segmentation. Previous research suggested that prosodic learning is more difficult if the L1 and L2 intonations are phonologically similar but phonetically different (French–Korean) than if they are phonologically different (English–French/Korean) (Prosodic-Learning Interference Hypothesis; Tremblay, Broersma, Coughlin & Choi, 2016). This study provides another test of this hypothesis. Korean listeners and French-speaking and English-speaking L2 learners of Korean in Korea completed an eye-tracking experiment investigating the effects of phrase tones in Korean. All groups patterned similarly with the phrase-final tone, but, unlike Korean and French listeners, English listeners showed early benefits from the phrase-initial tone (signaling word-initial boundaries in English). Importantly, French listeners patterned like Korean listeners with both tones. The Prosodic-Learning Interference Hypothesis is refined to suggest that prosodic learning difficulties may not be persistent for immersed L2 learners.

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The Perception of English Intonation Patterns by German L2 Speakers of English

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

The Perception-Production Link in Intonation: Evidence from German Learners of English

The Perception-Production Link in Intonation: Evidence from German Learners of English

Exploring Intonations in Sesame Street’s Puppet Shows: A Phonological Perspective

Re-examining the effect of phonological similarity between the native- and second-language intonational systems in second-language speech segmentation

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