Andrea Pešková
Biographic Data
| ID | 3844930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrea Pešková |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrea |
| FAMILY NAME | Pešková |
| SIGNATURE | PESKOVA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Osnabrück University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6077-9034 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Identification of consonant length in L2 Italian
Italian contrasts singleton and geminate consonants, a distinction that often poses difficulties for second language (L2) learners. The present study examines how first-language (L1) background shapes the perception of Italian consonant length by comparing learners from five linguistic backgrounds. A total of 104 adult learners of Italian (Finnish, Czech, German, Slovak, Spanish) and 21 L1 Italian listeners as a control group completed a percepti…
A Cross-Language Comparison of Length Perception in Italian-Learning Adults
This study investigates how adult learners perceive segmental length in L2 Italian. We tested 104 learners from 5 L1 backgrounds that differ in their phonological treatment of quantity: Finnish (vowel and consonant length), Czech and Slovak (vowel length), German (restricted vowel length), and Spanish (no phonemic length). These groups were compared with 34 native speakers of Italian, a language with distinctive consonant length (e.g., papa ‘Pope…
Cross-Linguistic Influences on the Morphosyntax of Heritage Italian in Buenos Aires
While Buenos Aires-Spanish exhibits many contact-induced features as a result of immigration in the past, less is known about the potential “Spanish” traces in contemporary Italian that is spoken as a heritage language in the Argentinean capital. The present research investigates the differences between Argentinean Italian and homeland Italian via an exploration of morphosyntactic phenomena and their vulnerability to variation and change. The onl…
Intonational and Syntactic Innovations in a Language Contact Situation
Whereas the intonation of Spanish varieties has received considerable attention in the past few decades, the research has so far not included the variety of Spanish spoken in Paraguay, where intensive language contact between the Indigenous Guarani language and Spanish since the 16th century has led to widespread bilingualism. This study compares the F0 patterns of yes/no questions in Guarani-dominant bilinguals with those of Spanish-dominant bil…
In the Echoes of Guarani
This explorative study examines intonation contours in neutral and non-neutral statements of Paraguayan Spanish, a variety shaped by extensive contact with Guarani, a co-official language of Paraguay. Paraguayan Spanish displays both lexical and syntactic borrowings from Guarani, along with innovative intonation patterns not found in other Spanish varieties. Previous but still limited research on yes/no and wh-questions in this variety suggests t…
Intonation Patterns Used in Non-Neutral Statements by Czech Learners of Italian and Spanish
The objective of the study is to contribute to our understanding of the acquisition of second language intonation by comparing L2 Italian and L2 Spanish as produced by L1 Czech learners. Framed within the L2 Intonation Learning theory, the study sheds light on which tonal events tend to be successfully learnt and why. The study examines different types of non-neutral statements (narrow focus, statements of the obvious, what-exclamatives), obtaine…
Le dije yo, digo
o El presente estudio examina la forma y la función de los introductores cuotativos con el verbo decir , a saber, secuencias utilizadas para introducir diálogo construido en el discurso, en el español peninsular y argentino. Se identifican y se investigan varias diferencias morfosintácticas y distribucionales entre las dos variedades en cuanto a la expresión y posición de los argumentos del verbo, así como la referencia temporal del verbo cuotati…
No prominent works on this page.
Le dije yo, digo
o El presente estudio examina la forma y la función de los introductores cuotativos con el verbo decir , a saber, secuencias utilizadas para introducir diálogo construido en el discurso, en el español peninsular y argentino. Se identifican y se investigan varias diferencias morfosintácticas y distribucionales entre las dos variedades en cuanto a la expresión y posición de los argumentos del verbo, así como la referencia temporal del verbo cuotati…
Intonation Patterns Used in Non-Neutral Statements by Czech Learners of Italian and Spanish
The objective of the study is to contribute to our understanding of the acquisition of second language intonation by comparing L2 Italian and L2 Spanish as produced by L1 Czech learners. Framed within the L2 Intonation Learning theory, the study sheds light on which tonal events tend to be successfully learnt and why. The study examines different types of non-neutral statements (narrow focus, statements of the obvious, what-exclamatives), obtaine…
In the Echoes of Guarani
This explorative study examines intonation contours in neutral and non-neutral statements of Paraguayan Spanish, a variety shaped by extensive contact with Guarani, a co-official language of Paraguay. Paraguayan Spanish displays both lexical and syntactic borrowings from Guarani, along with innovative intonation patterns not found in other Spanish varieties. Previous but still limited research on yes/no and wh-questions in this variety suggests t…
Intonational and Syntactic Innovations in a Language Contact Situation
Whereas the intonation of Spanish varieties has received considerable attention in the past few decades, the research has so far not included the variety of Spanish spoken in Paraguay, where intensive language contact between the Indigenous Guarani language and Spanish since the 16th century has led to widespread bilingualism. This study compares the F0 patterns of yes/no questions in Guarani-dominant bilinguals with those of Spanish-dominant bil…
Cross-Linguistic Influences on the Morphosyntax of Heritage Italian in Buenos Aires
While Buenos Aires-Spanish exhibits many contact-induced features as a result of immigration in the past, less is known about the potential “Spanish” traces in contemporary Italian that is spoken as a heritage language in the Argentinean capital. The present research investigates the differences between Argentinean Italian and homeland Italian via an exploration of morphosyntactic phenomena and their vulnerability to variation and change. The onl…
Identification of consonant length in L2 Italian
Italian contrasts singleton and geminate consonants, a distinction that often poses difficulties for second language (L2) learners. The present study examines how first-language (L1) background shapes the perception of Italian consonant length by comparing learners from five linguistic backgrounds. A total of 104 adult learners of Italian (Finnish, Czech, German, Slovak, Spanish) and 21 L1 Italian listeners as a control group completed a percepti…
A Cross-Language Comparison of Length Perception in Italian-Learning Adults
This study investigates how adult learners perceive segmental length in L2 Italian. We tested 104 learners from 5 L1 backgrounds that differ in their phonological treatment of quantity: Finnish (vowel and consonant length), Czech and Slovak (vowel length), German (restricted vowel length), and Spanish (no phonemic length). These groups were compared with 34 native speakers of Italian, a language with distinctive consonant length (e.g., papa ‘Pope…
Phonetics and Phonology Research (5 works) · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Intonation (linguistics (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Perception (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Phonology (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (3 works)