The production of English high-front vowels by Brazilian learners

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Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves, Alison Roberto
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Silveira, Rosane
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Fórum Linguístico
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/forum/article/view/1984-8412.2014v11n1p9
Resumo: The present study reports on the results of a small-scale study which looks at acoustic features of English high front vowels produced by Brazilian learners of English, who were enrolled at two level-one groups (beginners) from an extension course. Normalized and non-normalized plots were built to look at how vowels are organized in the participants’ L2 vowel space regarding sex differences. Results suggest that the English high front vowels are produced as equivalent vowels and tend to overlap. The tense vowel was lowered and centered, whereas the lax vowel was raised and moved frontwards. Thus, learners’ tendency, at least at the current stage of language acquisition, was to merge two different categories into one, supporting Flege’s (1995) Speech Learning Model.
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spelling The production of English high-front vowels by Brazilian learnersLa producción de las vocales altas anteriores por aprendices brasileñosA produção das vogais altas anteriores do inglês por aprendizes brasileirosThe present study reports on the results of a small-scale study which looks at acoustic features of English high front vowels produced by Brazilian learners of English, who were enrolled at two level-one groups (beginners) from an extension course. Normalized and non-normalized plots were built to look at how vowels are organized in the participants’ L2 vowel space regarding sex differences. Results suggest that the English high front vowels are produced as equivalent vowels and tend to overlap. The tense vowel was lowered and centered, whereas the lax vowel was raised and moved frontwards. Thus, learners’ tendency, at least at the current stage of language acquisition, was to merge two different categories into one, supporting Flege’s (1995) Speech Learning Model.El presente estudio se refiere a los resultados de una investigación de posgrado que trata sobre la producción de las vocales altas anteriores del inglés por aprendices brasileños del idioma. Esos participantes estaban matriculados en cursos de extensión de inglés - primer nivel - en la Universidad Federal de Santa Catarina en el momento de la recolección de datos. Son presentadas plotagens de datos en versión normalizada y no normalizada para observar como las vocales altas anteriores están dispuestas en la interlingua de los participantes. Los resultados indican que ambas vocales son producidas como equivalentes y tendien a sobreponerse. La vocal tensa fue rebajada y centralizada, mientras que la vocal floja fue levantada y anteriorizada. En conclusión, se observa una tendencia para que estas dos categorías distintas fueran combinadas en una, corroborando el Speech Learning Model propuesto por Flege (1995).O presente estudo reporta resultados preliminares de uma pesquisa de mestrado que lida com a produção das vogais altas anteriores do inglês por aprendizes brasileiros do idioma. Estes participantes estavam matriculados em cursos de extensão de inglês – nível um – na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina quando a coleta de dados ocorreu. São apresentadas plotagens de dados em versão normalizada e não normalizada para se observar como as vogais altas anteriores estão organizadas na interlíngua dos participantes. Os resultados indicam que ambas vogais são produzidas como equivalentes e tendem a sobrepor-se. A vogal tensa foi rebaixada e centralizada, enquanto a vogal frouxa foi alçada e anteriorizada. Em conclusão, observa-se uma tendência para que estas duas categorias distintas fossem combinadas em uma, corroborando com o Speech Learning Model proposto por Flege (1995).Programa de Pós-Graduação em Linguística - UFSC2014-06-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionavaliado por paresapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/forum/article/view/1984-8412.2014v11n1p910.5007/1984-8412.2014v11n1p9Fórum Linguístico; Vol. 11 No. 1 (2014): Fonética e Fonologia; 09-22Fórum Linguístico; Vol. 11 Núm. 1 (2014): Fonética e Fonologia; 09-22Fórum Linguístico; v. 11 n. 1 (2014): Fonética e Fonologia; 09-221984-84121415-8698reponame:Fórum Linguísticoinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)instacron:UFSCenghttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/forum/article/view/1984-8412.2014v11n1p9/26882Gonçalves, Alison RobertoSilveira, Rosaneinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2017-09-05T18:57:00Zoai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/31925Revistahttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/forum/indexPUBhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/forum/oaiportaldeperiodicos.bu@contato.ufsc.br || atilio.butturi@ufsc.br1984-84121984-8412opendoar:2023-01-12T16:40:23.144836Fórum Linguístico - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The production of English high-front vowels by Brazilian learners
La producción de las vocales altas anteriores por aprendices brasileños
A produção das vogais altas anteriores do inglês por aprendizes brasileiros
title The production of English high-front vowels by Brazilian learners
spellingShingle The production of English high-front vowels by Brazilian learners
Gonçalves, Alison Roberto
title_short The production of English high-front vowels by Brazilian learners
title_full The production of English high-front vowels by Brazilian learners
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author Gonçalves, Alison Roberto
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Silveira, Rosane
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description The present study reports on the results of a small-scale study which looks at acoustic features of English high front vowels produced by Brazilian learners of English, who were enrolled at two level-one groups (beginners) from an extension course. Normalized and non-normalized plots were built to look at how vowels are organized in the participants’ L2 vowel space regarding sex differences. Results suggest that the English high front vowels are produced as equivalent vowels and tend to overlap. The tense vowel was lowered and centered, whereas the lax vowel was raised and moved frontwards. Thus, learners’ tendency, at least at the current stage of language acquisition, was to merge two different categories into one, supporting Flege’s (1995) Speech Learning Model.
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