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Can Captioned Video Benefit Second Language Pronunciation?
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Wisniewska, Natalia; Mora, Joan C. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
The present study investigated the potential benefits of extended exposure to captioned videos for second language pronunciation. We tested 90 L2 adult learners of English on speech processing skills (segmentation, speed of lexical access, and sentence processing) and phonological accuracy in perception (ABX discrimination) and production…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
Influence of the Native Language on Sensitivity to Lexical Stress: Evidence from Native Arabic and Hebrew Speakers
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Segal, Osnat; Kishon-Rabin, Liat – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Arabic stress is predictable, varies across words, and does not have a contrastive role, whereas, Hebrew stress although nonpredictable, carries contrastive value. Stress processing was assessed in speakers of the two languages at three processing levels: discrimination, short-term memory, and metalinguistic awareness. In Experiment 1, Arabic…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Native Language, Metalinguistics, Phonology
The Processing and Production of Prosodic Focus in French by Native and Non-Native Speakers
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Namjoshi, Jui – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The present research examines whether adults who learn a second language (L2) mainly in a classroom setting can develop linguistic representations that are qualitatively similar to those of native speakers for linguistic content that is not explicitly taught in the classroom. It does so by focusing on the domains of speech processing and speech…
Descriptors: French, Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Intonation
Homophone Effects in Deaf Readers: Evidence from Lexical Decision
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Friesen, Deanna C.; Joanisse, Marc F. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012
The current study examined the nature of deaf readers' phonological processing during online word recognition, and how this compares to similar effects in hearing individuals. Unlike many previous studies on phonological activation, we examined whether deaf readers activated phonological representations for words as opposed to pseudohomophones.…
Descriptors: Deafness, Reader Text Relationship, Phonology, Language Processing
Speaker Identity Supports Phonetic Category Learning
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Mani, Nivedita; Schneider, Signe – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2013
Visual cues from the speaker's face, such as the discriminable mouth movements used to produce speech sounds, improve discrimination of these sounds by adults. The speaker's face, however, provides more information than just the mouth movements used to produce speech--it also provides a visual indexical cue of the identity of the speaker. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cues, Nonverbal Communication, Speech Communication
Tip-of-the-Tongue States Reveal Age Differences in the Syllable Frequency Effect
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Farrell, Meagan T.; Abrams, Lise – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2011
Syllable frequency has been shown to facilitate production in some languages but has yielded inconsistent results in English and has never been examined in older adults. Tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) states represent a unique type of production failure where the phonology of a word is unable to be retrieved, suggesting that the frequency of phonological…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Barriers, Phonology, Syllables