Acquisition of The Tap-Trill-Lateral Contrast by Speakers of L1 Cantonese-L2 Spanish

• Autores: José Esteban Hernández
• Localización: Revista de filología y lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, ISSN-e 2215-2628, ISSN 0377-628X, Vol. 51, Nº. 1, 2025
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.15517/rfl.v51i1.63517
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Adquisición del contraste vibrante simple-múltiple entre hablantes del cantonés L1-español L2
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• Resumen
  • español

    El presente estudio se lleva a cabo mediante un análisis de la producción de líquidas (laterales y róticas) acertadas y fallidas en un corpus del español como segunda lengua (L2). Los participantes de origen chino han emigrado a Mexicali, México, donde han adquirido el español L2 en un contexto natural. Como objetivo principal, se lleva a cabo un análisis cuantitativo de los datos, para determinar la producción de las articulaciones líquidas acertadas y fallidas en las laterales, vibrantes simples, múltiples y róticas en coda silábico. En el análisis, se consideraron factores internos y externos: por ejemplo, se examinó la producción de sonidos líquidos en ataque silábico y en grupos consonánticos. Se sometió el cotejo de los datos a dos análisis multivariables para determinar los factores que favorecen las articulaciones fallidas. El tipo de sonido líquido, el contexto fonotáctico, la educación en México, número de años en México y las variedades conocidas fueron señaladas como significativas en la producción de las articulaciones fallidas. Los datos naturales del españolL2 confirmaron una diversidad fonológica producida en su mayoría dentro de los parámetros de los patrones de la lengua meta. La producción de las articulaciones acertadas y fallidas se rigió por la facilidad y dificultad articulatoria que enfrentaron los participantes.

  • English

    In the present study an assessment of the on-target and off-target production of liquids (laterals and rhotics) is undertaken in a corpus of second language (L2) Spanish. The Chinese-origin participants have immigrated to Mexicali, Mexico where they have acquired L2 Spanishin a natural setting. As a major aim, a quantitative analysis of the data is performed to determine the production of on-target and off-target articulations in lateral, tap, thrill, and syllable-coda rhotic. Internal and external factors are considered in the analysis; for example, liquid production in syllable onset, coda and consonant clusters was considered. The data were subjected to two variable rule analyses to determine factors that favored off-target articulations. Type of liquid sound, phonotactic context, education in Mexico, number of years in Mexico, and the Chinese varieties spoken all were determined significant in the production of off-target articulations. The naturalistic Spanish L2 data confirm a wide-ranging phonological diversity that was overwhelmingly produced in line with target language patterns. The production of on-target and off-target articulations was constrained by the articulatory ease and difficulty that participants face

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