Naturalistic exposure to an unknown language alone does not lead to attunement to its phonetic invariants

• P. Georgiou, Georgios ^[2] ; Kkese, Elena ^[1]
  1. [1] Cyprus University of Technology

     Cyprus University of Technology

     Chipre

     
  2. [2] People’s Friendship University of Russia
• Localización: Estudios de fonética experimental, ISSN 1575-5533, ISSN-e 2385-3573, Nº. 29, 2020, págs. 125-152
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • La exposición naturalística a un idioma desconocido no conduce por sí sola a la adaptación a sus invariantes fonéticos
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  • español

    El presente estudio tiene por objeto examinar los patrones de percepción de las consonantes grecochipriotas por parte de hablantes de ruso que viven permanentemente en Chipre y no tienen experiencia con el griego y, asimismo, determinar el efecto de la exposición naturalista a un idioma desconocido en la percepción del habla. Los sujetos del estudio son 16 adultos rusos que vivían permanentemente en Chipre y no tenían conocimiento de griego, mientras que el grupo de control estaba formado por 16 adultos rusos que vivían permanentemente en Rusia y que no tenían conocimiento de griego. Ambas poblaciones completaron una prueba de asimilación y una prueba de discriminación de tipo AXB. Los resultados muestran que no hay diferencias importantes para los patrones de asimilación de ambas poblaciones rusas, mientras que la precisión de discriminación de los contrastes consonánticos grecochipriotas era similar entre los dos grupos o incluso mejor para la población rusa que vive en Rusia. Por lo tanto, la exposición a un segundo idioma en un contexto naturalistas sin conocimiento del segundo idioma no contribuye a la percepción de los invariantes fonéticos que caracterizan los sonidos del segundo idioma.

  • English

    The present study aims to examine the Cypriot Greek consonant perceptual patterns of Russian speakers who permanently live in Cyprus and do not have experience with Greek, and to determine the effect of naturalistic exposure in an unknown language on speech perception. The experimental group consisted of 16 Russian adult speakers who were living permanently in Cyprus and had no knowledge of Greek, and the control group consisted of 16 Russian adult speakers who were living permanently in Russia, and who did not have knowledge of Greek either. Both populations completed an assimilation test and an AXB discrimination test. The results showed that there were no important differences for the assimilation patterns of both Russian populations, while the discrimination accuracy over Cypriot Greek consonantal contrasts was either similar between the two groups or better for the Russian population living in Russia. Thus, exposure to naturalistic second language stimuli without knowledge of the second language does not contribute to the attunement to phonetic invariants that characterize the second language phones.

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