Perception and production of Italian L2 sounds
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2015/06/0018/000255Keywords:
applied linguistics, L2 learning, phonetic perception, production, PAMAbstract
Various theories and models have been argued in order to explain the phonological and phonetic influence or interference of native language on perception and interpretation of L2 categories (Vayra et al. 2012, Kuhl et al. 2006), and whether or how much production depends on it (Bohn & Flege 1990). The oppositions examined here deal with vowels (final unstressed /e–i/, /o–u/, an opposition that in Galician language is reduced to /e–o/) and consonants (/b–v/, /ʦ–ʣ/, both absent in Galician). The goals are: (a) to verify levels of identification of Italian non-native vowel and consonant oppositions by Galician students of Italian L2; (b) to analyse discrepancies in production between Italian native speakers and Italian L2 learners.
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