TY - JOUR
T1 - Training-induced pattern-specific phonetic adjustments by first and second language listeners
AU - Cooper, Angela
AU - Bradlow, Ann
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Chun Liang Chan and Alexandra Saldan for their technical and research support. Thanks also to Matt Goldrick and Nina Kraus for their comments and suggestions. We are grateful to Mirjam Ernestus and her research group at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen. This work was supported by the NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders [R01-DC005794] and a Northwestern University Graduate Research Grant. Portions of this work were presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Boston, Massachusetts.
Funding Information:
We would like to thank Chun Liang Chan and Alexandra Saldan for their technical and research support. Thanks also to Matt Goldrick and Nina Kraus for their comments and suggestions. We are grateful to Mirjam Ernestus and her research group at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen. This work was supported by the NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders [R01-DC005794] and a Northwestern University Graduate Research Grant. Portions of this work were presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Boston, Massachusetts.
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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/5
Y1 - 2018/5
N2 - The current study investigated the phonetic adjustment mechanisms that underlie perceptual adaptation in first and second language (Dutch-English) listeners by exposing them to a novel English accent containing controlled deviations from the standard accent (e.g. /i/-to-/ɪ/ yielding /krɪm/ instead of /krim/ for ‘cream’). These deviations involved contrasts that either were contrastive or were not contrastive in Dutch. Following accent exposure with disambiguating feedback, listeners completed lexical decision and word identification tasks. Both native and second language listeners demonstrated adaptation, evidenced by higher lexical endorsement rates and word identification accuracy than untrained control listeners for items containing trained accent patterns. However, for L2 listeners, adaptation was modulated by the phonemic contrast, that is, whether or not it was contrastive in the listeners’ native language. Specifically, the training-induced criterion loosening for the L2 listeners was limited to contrasts that exist in both their L1, Dutch, and L2, English. For contrasts that are either absent or neutralized in Dutch, the L2 listeners demonstrated relatively loose pre-training criteria compared to L1 listeners. The results indicate that accent exposure induces both a general increase in tolerance for atypical speech input as well as targeted adjustments to specific categories for both L1 and L2 listeners.
AB - The current study investigated the phonetic adjustment mechanisms that underlie perceptual adaptation in first and second language (Dutch-English) listeners by exposing them to a novel English accent containing controlled deviations from the standard accent (e.g. /i/-to-/ɪ/ yielding /krɪm/ instead of /krim/ for ‘cream’). These deviations involved contrasts that either were contrastive or were not contrastive in Dutch. Following accent exposure with disambiguating feedback, listeners completed lexical decision and word identification tasks. Both native and second language listeners demonstrated adaptation, evidenced by higher lexical endorsement rates and word identification accuracy than untrained control listeners for items containing trained accent patterns. However, for L2 listeners, adaptation was modulated by the phonemic contrast, that is, whether or not it was contrastive in the listeners’ native language. Specifically, the training-induced criterion loosening for the L2 listeners was limited to contrasts that exist in both their L1, Dutch, and L2, English. For contrasts that are either absent or neutralized in Dutch, the L2 listeners demonstrated relatively loose pre-training criteria compared to L1 listeners. The results indicate that accent exposure induces both a general increase in tolerance for atypical speech input as well as targeted adjustments to specific categories for both L1 and L2 listeners.
KW - Bilingualism
KW - Dutch
KW - English
KW - Foreign accents
KW - Perceptual learning
KW - Spoken word recognition
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U2 - 10.1016/j.wocn.2018.02.002
DO - 10.1016/j.wocn.2018.02.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 30270945
AN - SCOPUS:85056420746
SN - 0095-4470
VL - 68
SP - 32
EP - 49
JO - Journal of Phonetics
JF - Journal of Phonetics
ER -