Journal
SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH
Volume 38, Issue 3, Pages 581-605Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0267658320988061
Keywords
second language acquisition; speech perception; speech production; vowels
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- Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France [ANR-17-EURE-0017, ANR-17-CE28-0007-01]
- Vilnius University, Lithuania
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This study examines the relationship between perception and production in second language phonological processing, finding a strong connection within processing levels but not across levels. Good perception is shown to be a prerequisite for good production, based on the results of clustering analysis.
Previous studies have yielded contradictory results on the relationship between perception and production in second language (L2) phonological processing. We re-examine the relationship between the two modalities both within and across processing levels, addressing several issues regarding methodology and statistical analyses. We focus on the perception and production of the French contrast /u/-/y/ by proficient English-speaking late learners of French. In an experiment with a prelexical perception task (ABX discrimination) and both a prelexical and a lexical production task (pseudoword reading and picture naming), we observe a robust link between perception and production within but not across levels. Moreover, using a clustering analysis we provide evidence that good perception is a prerequisite for good production.
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