Front Vowels of English as a Foreign Language Produced by Proficient Brazilian Speakers
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Resumo: | This research aims to investigate the production of front vowels in English as a foreign language by proficient Brazilian Portuguese speakers. The methods consisted of analyzing the production of English front vowels by two groups: native and foreign (proficient Brazilian) speakers of English. An acoustic-based analysis was performed based on the acoustic parameters of the first three vowel formants, other than vowel duration. A total of eleven acoustic features were computed. For the statistical procedures, a two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was carried out. Results pointed out to significant differences between groups for the third formant mean, slope of the first formant, and vowel duration. It was concluded, albeit on a preliminary basis, that, even for foreign language proficient speakers, the cognitive effort imputed when producing vowels in the target language is affected by the speaker’s mother tongue in terms of labial protrusion, maintenance of mandibular excursion and intrinsic duration of vowel elements. Furthermore, it is possible to infer that the studied parameters can contribute to the teaching of foreign language pronunciation. |
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Front Vowels of English as a Foreign Language Produced by Proficient Brazilian SpeakersVogais Anteriores do Inglês como Língua Estrangeira Produzidas por Falantes Brasileiros ProficientesFront vowelsEnglish as a foreign languageAcoustic parametersVogais anterioresInglês como língua estrangeiraParâmetros acústicosThis research aims to investigate the production of front vowels in English as a foreign language by proficient Brazilian Portuguese speakers. The methods consisted of analyzing the production of English front vowels by two groups: native and foreign (proficient Brazilian) speakers of English. An acoustic-based analysis was performed based on the acoustic parameters of the first three vowel formants, other than vowel duration. A total of eleven acoustic features were computed. For the statistical procedures, a two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was carried out. Results pointed out to significant differences between groups for the third formant mean, slope of the first formant, and vowel duration. It was concluded, albeit on a preliminary basis, that, even for foreign language proficient speakers, the cognitive effort imputed when producing vowels in the target language is affected by the speaker’s mother tongue in terms of labial protrusion, maintenance of mandibular excursion and intrinsic duration of vowel elements. Furthermore, it is possible to infer that the studied parameters can contribute to the teaching of foreign language pronunciation.O objetivo da presente pesquisa foi realizar uma investigação da produção das vogais anteriores do inglês como língua estrangeira por falantes do português brasileiro proficientes. A Metodologia consistiu em analisar a produção dessas vogais a partir de dois grupos: falantes nativos e estrangeiros (brasileiros proficientes) de inglês. Em seguida, foi realizada uma análise acústica a partir dos parâmetros acústicos dos três primeiros formantes vocálicos, além da duração vocálica. Um total de onze parâmetros acústicos foi computado. Para os procedimentos estatísticos, realizou-se uma Análise de Variância (ANOVA) de dois fatores. Os resultados apontaram que os grupos apresentaram diferenças significativas quanto às médias referentes ao terceiro formante, inclinação do primeiro formante e à duração das vogais. Concluiu-se, ainda que de modo preliminar, que, mesmo para falantes proficientes na língua estrangeira, o esforço cognitivo imputado ao produzir as vogais da língua-alvo é afetado pela língua materna do falante no que tange à protrusão labial, mantimento da excursão mandibular e duração intrínseca de elementos vocálicos. Ademais, é possível inferir que os parâmetros estudados podem trazer contribuições para a área de ensino de pronúncia de língua estrangeira.UEL2023-08-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionAvaliado pelos paresapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/4841310.5433/2237-4876.2023v26n2p69Signum: Estudos da Linguagem; Vol. 26 No. 2 (2023): Número Atemático; 69-87Signum: Estudos da Linguagem; v. 26 n. 2 (2023): Número Atemático; 69-872237-4876reponame:Signum: Estudos da Linguageminstname:Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)instacron:UELporenghttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/48413/50064https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/48413/50065Copyright (c) 2024 Crislaynne de Castro Lima, Leônidas José da Silva Jr.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessde Castro Lima, Crislaynne José da Silva Jr., Leônidas2024-04-23T12:37:03Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/48413Revistahttps://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signumPUBhttps://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/oai||signum@uel.br2237-48761516-3083opendoar:2024-04-23T12:37:03Signum: Estudos da Linguagem - Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)false |
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Front Vowels of English as a Foreign Language Produced by Proficient Brazilian Speakers Vogais Anteriores do Inglês como Língua Estrangeira Produzidas por Falantes Brasileiros Proficientes |
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Front Vowels of English as a Foreign Language Produced by Proficient Brazilian Speakers |
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Front Vowels of English as a Foreign Language Produced by Proficient Brazilian Speakers de Castro Lima, Crislaynne Front vowels English as a foreign language Acoustic parameters Vogais anteriores Inglês como língua estrangeira Parâmetros acústicos |
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Front Vowels of English as a Foreign Language Produced by Proficient Brazilian Speakers |
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Front Vowels of English as a Foreign Language Produced by Proficient Brazilian Speakers |
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Front Vowels of English as a Foreign Language Produced by Proficient Brazilian Speakers |
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Front Vowels of English as a Foreign Language Produced by Proficient Brazilian Speakers |
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Front Vowels of English as a Foreign Language Produced by Proficient Brazilian Speakers |
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de Castro Lima, Crislaynne |
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de Castro Lima, Crislaynne José da Silva Jr., Leônidas |
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José da Silva Jr., Leônidas |
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de Castro Lima, Crislaynne José da Silva Jr., Leônidas |
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Front vowels English as a foreign language Acoustic parameters Vogais anteriores Inglês como língua estrangeira Parâmetros acústicos |
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Front vowels English as a foreign language Acoustic parameters Vogais anteriores Inglês como língua estrangeira Parâmetros acústicos |
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This research aims to investigate the production of front vowels in English as a foreign language by proficient Brazilian Portuguese speakers. The methods consisted of analyzing the production of English front vowels by two groups: native and foreign (proficient Brazilian) speakers of English. An acoustic-based analysis was performed based on the acoustic parameters of the first three vowel formants, other than vowel duration. A total of eleven acoustic features were computed. For the statistical procedures, a two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was carried out. Results pointed out to significant differences between groups for the third formant mean, slope of the first formant, and vowel duration. It was concluded, albeit on a preliminary basis, that, even for foreign language proficient speakers, the cognitive effort imputed when producing vowels in the target language is affected by the speaker’s mother tongue in terms of labial protrusion, maintenance of mandibular excursion and intrinsic duration of vowel elements. Furthermore, it is possible to infer that the studied parameters can contribute to the teaching of foreign language pronunciation. |
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2023 |
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