Modeling Heritage Language Phonetics and Phonology

Toward an Integrated Multilingual Sound System

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5900655
AutoresDavid Natvig (0000-0001-7993-3847, University of Oslo, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen6
Número4
Páginas209
Fecha de publicación2021-12-14
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLanguages (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/languages6040209
OpenAlexW4200541319
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas84

Although heritage language phonology is often argued to be fairly stable, heritage language speakers often sound noticeably different from both monolinguals and second-language learners. In order to model these types of asymmetries, I propose a theoretical framework-an integrated multilingual sound system-based on modular representations of an integrated set of phonological contrasts. An examination of general findings in laryngeal (voicing, aspiration, etc.) phonetics and phonology for heritage languages shows that procedures for pronouncing phonemes are variable and plastic, even if abstract may representations remain stable. Furthermore, an integrated multilingual sound system predicts that use of one language may require a subset of the available representations, which illuminates the mechanisms that underlie phonological transfer, attrition, and acquisition

Acoustics · Heritage language · Linguistics · Phonetics · Phonology · Sound (geography · Voice · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research