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The Phonetics–Phonology Interface: Representations and methodologiesEdited by Joaquín Romero and María Riera
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 335] 2015
► pp. 33–54
Effects of Spanish use on the production of Catalan vowels by early Spanish-Catalan bilinguals
Joan Carles Mora | Universitat de Barcelona
James L. Keidel | University of Sussex
James Emil Flege | University of Alabama at Birmingham
This study examined the production of Catalan vowels by 82 adults who had begun using both Spanish (S) and Catalan (C) at school age but differed in their self-reported percentage of Catalan use (11%=MostlyS, 40%=S/C, 63%=C/S, 86%=MostlyC). Bark-normalized Euclidean distances between the vowels /i/-/e/, /u/-/o/, /e/-/ε/ and /o/-/ɔ/ were computed to estimate the magnitude of between-vowel production differences. The results revealed an effect of Catalan use: the more frequently Catalan was used, the more open and less fronted — and thus the less Spanish-like — were productions of Catalan /ε/ and /ɔ/. Euclidean distances between /e/-/ε/ were greater for the MostlyC group than for the MostlyS and S/C groups, also indicating an effect of Catalan use. These findings suggest that Catalan /e/ and /ε/ are produced less successfully by early learners of Catalan who continue using Spanish often despite the fact that the second language (either Catalan or Spanish) was acquired in early childhood.
Published online: 10 November 2015
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.335.02mor
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.335.02mor
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