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ERIC Number: EJ1291558
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Mar
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-2631
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Conceptually Cued Perceptual Categorization in Adult L2 Learners
Lozano-Argüelles, Cristina; Fernández Arroyo, Laura; Rodríguez, Nicole; Durand López, Ezequiel M.; Garrido Pozú, Juan J.; Markovits, Jennifer; Varela, Jessica P.; de Rocafiguera, Núria; Casillas, Joseph V.
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v43 n1 p204-219 Mar 2021
Previous studies attest that early bilinguals can modify their perceptual identification according to the fine-grained phonetic detail of the language they believe they are hearing. Following Gonzales et al. (2019), we replicate the double phonemic boundary effect in late learners (LBs) using conceptual-based cueing. We administered a forced choice identification task to 169 native English adult learners of Spanish in two sessions. In both sessions, participants identified the same /b/-/p/ voicing continuum, but language context was cued conceptually using the instructions. The data were analyzed using Bayesian multilevel regression. Learners categorized the continuum in a similar manner when they believed they were hearing English. However, when they believed they were hearing Spanish, "voiceless" responses increased as a function of L2 proficiency. This research demonstrates the double phonemic boundary effect can be conceptually cued in LBs and supports accounts positing selective activation of independent perception grammars in L2 learning.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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