Pause distribution and working memory capacity in L2 speech production

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Autor(a) principal: Xhafaj, Donesca Cristina Puntel
Data de Publicação: 2006
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFSC
Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/88726
Resumo: Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente
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spelling Pause distribution and working memory capacity in L2 speech productionLiteraturaLinguasEstudo e ensinoComunicação oralDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura CorrespondenteDeparting from a cognitive account of oral speech production, the present study aimed at (1) identifying the role silent pause distribution has in defining fluency, and (2) disentangling the relationship between working memory capacity (WMC) and second language (L2) fluency. Data was gathered at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, from 12 Brazilians (native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese - BP - and L2 speakers of English) and 9 Americans (native speakers of American English - AE). All participants carried out picture description and narrative tasks, orally and spontaneously, in their first languages (L1s). The Brazilian participants also performed these oral tasks in their L2 (English) and a WMC test - the L2 Speaking Span Test (L2 SST). Participants' fluency was assessed through frequency of pauses at and within clause boundaries and mean length of run (MLR). The a level was set at .05. The statistical analyses employed indicated that while the two first languages under scrutinity (AE and BP) did not differ regarding pause distribution or MLR, the L2 (English) speech of the Brazilians presented more pauses (especially within boundaries) and shorter MLRs than both their own L1 (BP) speech and the L1 (AE) speech of the Americans. Moreover, significant correlations were found between individuals' L2 SST scores and frequency of within boundary pauses and MLR. Concerning fluency, the results support the role MLR has in defining fluency and demonstrate the importance of frequency of pauses within rather than at boundaries in distinguishing less and more fluent speakers. As regards the relation between L2 fluency and L2 WMC, it seems that due to being more controlled than L1, L2 oral speech is at least in part constrained by individuals' limited attentional resources, with larger-capacity speakers being better able to sustain L2 fluency (with fewer pauses within boundaries and longer speech runs) than those speakers with fewer resources.Florianópolis, SCFortkamp, Mailce Borges MotaUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaXhafaj, Donesca Cristina Puntel2012-10-22T12:52:11Z2012-10-22T12:52:11Z20062006info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis1 v.| grafs., tabs.application/pdf236129http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/88726engreponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSCinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)instacron:UFSCinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2013-05-05T10:18:04Zoai:repositorio.ufsc.br:123456789/88726Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://150.162.242.35/oai/requestopendoar:23732013-05-05T10:18:04Repositório Institucional da UFSC - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Pause distribution and working memory capacity in L2 speech production
title Pause distribution and working memory capacity in L2 speech production
spellingShingle Pause distribution and working memory capacity in L2 speech production
Xhafaj, Donesca Cristina Puntel
Literatura
Linguas
Estudo e ensino
Comunicação oral
title_short Pause distribution and working memory capacity in L2 speech production
title_full Pause distribution and working memory capacity in L2 speech production
title_fullStr Pause distribution and working memory capacity in L2 speech production
title_full_unstemmed Pause distribution and working memory capacity in L2 speech production
title_sort Pause distribution and working memory capacity in L2 speech production
author Xhafaj, Donesca Cristina Puntel
author_facet Xhafaj, Donesca Cristina Puntel
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Fortkamp, Mailce Borges Mota
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Xhafaj, Donesca Cristina Puntel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Literatura
Linguas
Estudo e ensino
Comunicação oral
topic Literatura
Linguas
Estudo e ensino
Comunicação oral
description Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente
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2012-10-22T12:52:11Z
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