Keywords
French, German, pronunciation, perception, second language acquisition
Abstract
This study investigated whether differences in cross-language similarity between English-French and English-German vowels would translate into differences in accurately identifying and discriminating French and German vowels (i.e., Iii, /y/, and /u/). In addition, this study investigated whether these same differences in cross-language perception would also translate into differences in accurately identifying and discriminating vowels in a novel third language. The results suggest that learners exposed to a language with a greater perceived difference with the LI are more able to generalize their perception of their L2 vowels to a novel L3.
Original Publication Citation
Baker, W. & Smith, L. (2007). Third Language Acquisition: Why learning French first is better than learning German first. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Science. Saarland University: Saarbrucken, Germany.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Baker-Smemoe, Wendy and Smith, Laura Catherine, "Why Learning French First is Better Than Learning German First" (2007). Faculty Publications. 5918.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/5918
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2007
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/8647
Publisher
International Congress of Phonetic Science
Language
English
College
Humanities
Department
Linguistics and English Language
Copyright Use Information
https://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/