The impact of the L2 experience on the production accuracy of non-native sounds
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2021/12/0016/000489Keywords:
Italian as L2, geminates and affricates, L2 experienceAbstract
This study aims at observing how accurate French learners of Italian as L2 are when they produce the Italian geminates/affricates (non-native sounds) considering two different proficiency levels as for the differences in time exposure and L2 use (advanced/beginner). Target words were elicited both in a carrier phrase and in minimal pairs to force learners to be as accurate as possible to keep the distinction between the two words. Results show that the factors considered play an important role in production as beginners’ productions are mainly guided by the influence of the L1 as they produce more reductions and/or substitutions. Further, it seems that even the elicitation task plays a role as beginners, as for geminates, do better in minimal pair.
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