The effect of frontness and height in the identification of open-mid vowels and close-mid vowels in Brazilian Portuguese by Spanish speakers
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Resumo: | Speakers of L1 Spanish have difficulty discriminating the open and close-mid vowels [e], [E], [o], [O] in Brazilian Portuguese (BP). The goal of this paper is to verify the effects of frontness and height in the perception of these vowels. A test of vowel identification was given to 16 speakers of Argentine Spanish, aged between 16 e 18 years, using minimal pairs in BP. Results show that, in both front and back vowels, participants had higher scores in items containing close-mid vowels if compared with items containing open-mid vowels In relation to the frontness effect, participants also demonstrated more difficulty in identifying open-mid vowels than close-mid vowels. The results confirm the difficulty of Spanish speakers in identifying mid vowels of BP, as well as provide evidence that these learners are forming new L2 phonetic-phonological categories, despite the difficulty of defining aspects that characterize such acoustic-articulatory categories. |
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The effect of frontness and height in the identification of open-mid vowels and close-mid vowels in Brazilian Portuguese by Spanish speakersO efeito da anterioridade e da altura na identificação das vogais médias altas e médias baixas do Português Brasileiro por falantes de espanhol.FrontnessheightIdentification of open-mid vowels and close mid-vowelsL2 Brazilian Portuguese.AnterioridadealturaIdentificação das vogais médias altas e médias baixasPortuguês como L2.PsicolinguísticaSpeakers of L1 Spanish have difficulty discriminating the open and close-mid vowels [e], [E], [o], [O] in Brazilian Portuguese (BP). The goal of this paper is to verify the effects of frontness and height in the perception of these vowels. A test of vowel identification was given to 16 speakers of Argentine Spanish, aged between 16 e 18 years, using minimal pairs in BP. Results show that, in both front and back vowels, participants had higher scores in items containing close-mid vowels if compared with items containing open-mid vowels In relation to the frontness effect, participants also demonstrated more difficulty in identifying open-mid vowels than close-mid vowels. The results confirm the difficulty of Spanish speakers in identifying mid vowels of BP, as well as provide evidence that these learners are forming new L2 phonetic-phonological categories, despite the difficulty of defining aspects that characterize such acoustic-articulatory categories.Falantes de espanhol como língua materna geralmente apresentam dificuldade em identificar as vogais médias altas e baixas [e], [E], [o], [O] do Português Brasileiro (PB). O objetivo deste estudo é verificar os efeitos de anterioridade e de altura na percepção dessas vogais, através de um teste de identificação, aplicado a 16 falantes do espanhol Rioplatense, com idades entre 16 e 18 anos, utilizando-se pares mínimos do PB. Os resultados mostraram que, tanto nas vogais anteriores quanto nas posteriores, os participantes obtiveram índice mais elevado de acerto nos itens que continham vogais médias altas comparados aos itens contendo vogais médias baixas. Os resultados confirmam a dificuldade de identificação das médias do PB por argentinos, bem como evidenciam que os aprendizes em questão se encontram em um estágio de formação das novas categorias fonético-fonológicas da L2, apesar da dificuldade da delimitação dos aspectos acústico-articulatórios que caracterizam taiscategorias. Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2014-05-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionLingüística; Línguas Estrangeiras; Psicolinguísticaapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fale/article/view/1471510.15448/1984-7726.2014.1.14715Letras de Hoje; Vol. 49 No. 1 (2014): Phonetics versus Phonology?; 85-94Letras de Hoje; Vol. 49 Núm. 1 (2014): Fonética e Fonologia: interface; 85-94Letras de Hoje; v. 49 n. 1 (2014): Fonética e Fonologia: interface; 85-941984-77260101-333510.15448/1984-7726.2014.1reponame:Letras de Hoje (Online)instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSporhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fale/article/view/14715/11126Feiden, Juliana AndradeAlves, Ubiratã KickhöfelFinger, Ingridinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-05-03T12:56:48Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/14715Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/falePRIhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fale/oaieditora.periodicos@pucrs.br || letrasdehoje@pucrs.br1984-77260101-3335opendoar:2021-05-03T12:56:48Letras de Hoje (Online) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false |
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The effect of frontness and height in the identification of open-mid vowels and close-mid vowels in Brazilian Portuguese by Spanish speakers O efeito da anterioridade e da altura na identificação das vogais médias altas e médias baixas do Português Brasileiro por falantes de espanhol. |
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The effect of frontness and height in the identification of open-mid vowels and close-mid vowels in Brazilian Portuguese by Spanish speakers |
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The effect of frontness and height in the identification of open-mid vowels and close-mid vowels in Brazilian Portuguese by Spanish speakers Feiden, Juliana Andrade Frontness height Identification of open-mid vowels and close mid-vowels L2 Brazilian Portuguese. Anterioridade altura Identificação das vogais médias altas e médias baixas Português como L2. Psicolinguística |
title_short |
The effect of frontness and height in the identification of open-mid vowels and close-mid vowels in Brazilian Portuguese by Spanish speakers |
title_full |
The effect of frontness and height in the identification of open-mid vowels and close-mid vowels in Brazilian Portuguese by Spanish speakers |
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The effect of frontness and height in the identification of open-mid vowels and close-mid vowels in Brazilian Portuguese by Spanish speakers |
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The effect of frontness and height in the identification of open-mid vowels and close-mid vowels in Brazilian Portuguese by Spanish speakers |
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The effect of frontness and height in the identification of open-mid vowels and close-mid vowels in Brazilian Portuguese by Spanish speakers |
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Feiden, Juliana Andrade |
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Feiden, Juliana Andrade Alves, Ubiratã Kickhöfel Finger, Ingrid |
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Alves, Ubiratã Kickhöfel Finger, Ingrid |
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Feiden, Juliana Andrade Alves, Ubiratã Kickhöfel Finger, Ingrid |
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Frontness height Identification of open-mid vowels and close mid-vowels L2 Brazilian Portuguese. Anterioridade altura Identificação das vogais médias altas e médias baixas Português como L2. Psicolinguística |
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Frontness height Identification of open-mid vowels and close mid-vowels L2 Brazilian Portuguese. Anterioridade altura Identificação das vogais médias altas e médias baixas Português como L2. Psicolinguística |
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Speakers of L1 Spanish have difficulty discriminating the open and close-mid vowels [e], [E], [o], [O] in Brazilian Portuguese (BP). The goal of this paper is to verify the effects of frontness and height in the perception of these vowels. A test of vowel identification was given to 16 speakers of Argentine Spanish, aged between 16 e 18 years, using minimal pairs in BP. Results show that, in both front and back vowels, participants had higher scores in items containing close-mid vowels if compared with items containing open-mid vowels In relation to the frontness effect, participants also demonstrated more difficulty in identifying open-mid vowels than close-mid vowels. The results confirm the difficulty of Spanish speakers in identifying mid vowels of BP, as well as provide evidence that these learners are forming new L2 phonetic-phonological categories, despite the difficulty of defining aspects that characterize such acoustic-articulatory categories. |
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Letras de Hoje; Vol. 49 No. 1 (2014): Phonetics versus Phonology?; 85-94 Letras de Hoje; Vol. 49 Núm. 1 (2014): Fonética e Fonologia: interface; 85-94 Letras de Hoje; v. 49 n. 1 (2014): Fonética e Fonologia: interface; 85-94 1984-7726 0101-3335 10.15448/1984-7726.2014.1 reponame:Letras de Hoje (Online) instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) instacron:PUC_RS |
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