Effects of attention on the production of Spanish consonants by SFL learners

The aim of this paper is to analyse the production of Spanish stops /b, d, g, p, t, k/ and liquids /l, ɾ/ by Mandarin Chinese learners of Spanish (N=10). Two different tasks were used to elicit data: one induced a focus on stops and the other a focus on liquids. Realizations were categorized based...

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Main Authors: Zhao Liu, María Jesús Machuca Ayuso
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Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2021-09-01
Series:Estudios de Fonética Experimental
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Online Access:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/experimentalphonetics/article/view/44007
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description The aim of this paper is to analyse the production of Spanish stops /b, d, g, p, t, k/ and liquids /l, ɾ/ by Mandarin Chinese learners of Spanish (N=10). Two different tasks were used to elicit data: one induced a focus on stops and the other a focus on liquids. Realizations were categorized based on spectral manifestation, and acoustic parameter values between the two groups were compared. The results showed that attention exerts a significant influence on voiced stops and tap production: more inaccurate productions were observed when the learners did not focus on these phonemes. The data also pointed to considerable intra-speaker variation. Learners tended to produce realizations with longer durations in new phonemes: /b, d, g, ɾ/.
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spelling doaj-art-119ced9fdf3841f49faee81988ad79332025-08-20T02:01:09ZcatUniversitat de BarcelonaEstudios de Fonética Experimental1575-55332385-35732021-09-0130Effects of attention on the production of Spanish consonants by SFL learnersZhao Liu0María Jesús Machuca Ayuso1East China Normal UniversityUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona The aim of this paper is to analyse the production of Spanish stops /b, d, g, p, t, k/ and liquids /l, ɾ/ by Mandarin Chinese learners of Spanish (N=10). Two different tasks were used to elicit data: one induced a focus on stops and the other a focus on liquids. Realizations were categorized based on spectral manifestation, and acoustic parameter values between the two groups were compared. The results showed that attention exerts a significant influence on voiced stops and tap production: more inaccurate productions were observed when the learners did not focus on these phonemes. The data also pointed to considerable intra-speaker variation. Learners tended to produce realizations with longer durations in new phonemes: /b, d, g, ɾ/. http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/experimentalphonetics/article/view/44007StopsLiquidsSpanish as a foreign languageAttention
spellingShingle Zhao Liu
María Jesús Machuca Ayuso
Effects of attention on the production of Spanish consonants by SFL learners
Estudios de Fonética Experimental
Stops
Liquids
Spanish as a foreign language
Attention
title Effects of attention on the production of Spanish consonants by SFL learners
title_full Effects of attention on the production of Spanish consonants by SFL learners
title_fullStr Effects of attention on the production of Spanish consonants by SFL learners
title_full_unstemmed Effects of attention on the production of Spanish consonants by SFL learners
title_short Effects of attention on the production of Spanish consonants by SFL learners
title_sort effects of attention on the production of spanish consonants by sfl learners
topic Stops
Liquids
Spanish as a foreign language
Attention
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