Chapter 6. L2 intonation perception in learners of Spanish
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Angela George
Abstract
While the field of L2 variation, particularly with L2 Spanish, is expanding, to date little is known about the acquisition of variable intonation that occurs in final boundary tones of yes-no questions. The present study investigates the effects of explicit instruction on the accurate identification of utterance type (yes-no questions, broad-focused declarative statements, and wh-questions). Eleven L1 English learners of Spanish in an advanced university level Spanish class listened to 21 Spanish utterances to identify the utterance type before and after receiving explicit in-class instruction. Two L1 Spanish listeners served as a control. Learner gains in identification of utterance type were not significant, and there was no statistically significant effect of explicit instruction on the identification of the utterances.
Abstract
While the field of L2 variation, particularly with L2 Spanish, is expanding, to date little is known about the acquisition of variable intonation that occurs in final boundary tones of yes-no questions. The present study investigates the effects of explicit instruction on the accurate identification of utterance type (yes-no questions, broad-focused declarative statements, and wh-questions). Eleven L1 English learners of Spanish in an advanced university level Spanish class listened to 21 Spanish utterances to identify the utterance type before and after receiving explicit in-class instruction. Two L1 Spanish listeners served as a control. Learner gains in identification of utterance type were not significant, and there was no statistically significant effect of explicit instruction on the identification of the utterances.
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
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Theory in language acquisition research
- Chapter 2. Linguistic approaches to language acquisition 16
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Gender in bilingual and heritage language acquisition
- Chapter 3. Acquisition of morpho-syntactic features in a bilingual Italian child 54
- Chapter 4. Gender assignment in German as a heritage language in an English-speaking context 88
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Input and exposure in the classroom
- Chapter 5. Acquisition of 3 pl verb markings by (very) advanced FSL learners and bilingual Francophone students 118
- Chapter 6. L2 intonation perception in learners of Spanish 144
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Evidence in controlled first exposure language learning
- Chapter 7. Isolated and combined effects of models and corrective feedback in the acquisition of the Turkish locative morpheme 162
- Chapter 8. First exposure to Russian word forms by adult English speakers 191
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Input and evidence in the acquisition of syntactic structure
- Chapter 9. Speech modifications and the Processability Theory hierarchy 226
- Chapter 10. Varieties of DP recursion 245
- Proper name index 267
- Subject index 271
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
-
Theory in language acquisition research
- Chapter 2. Linguistic approaches to language acquisition 16
-
Gender in bilingual and heritage language acquisition
- Chapter 3. Acquisition of morpho-syntactic features in a bilingual Italian child 54
- Chapter 4. Gender assignment in German as a heritage language in an English-speaking context 88
-
Input and exposure in the classroom
- Chapter 5. Acquisition of 3 pl verb markings by (very) advanced FSL learners and bilingual Francophone students 118
- Chapter 6. L2 intonation perception in learners of Spanish 144
-
Evidence in controlled first exposure language learning
- Chapter 7. Isolated and combined effects of models and corrective feedback in the acquisition of the Turkish locative morpheme 162
- Chapter 8. First exposure to Russian word forms by adult English speakers 191
-
Input and evidence in the acquisition of syntactic structure
- Chapter 9. Speech modifications and the Processability Theory hierarchy 226
- Chapter 10. Varieties of DP recursion 245
- Proper name index 267
- Subject index 271
