Crosslinguistic Influence in the Discrimination of Korean Stop Contrast by Heritage Speakers and Second Language Learners

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ID5900048
AutoresY Seo (0000-0001-7980-4375, Purdue University West Lafayette, autor correspondente), Olga Dmitrieva (0000-0003-0117-3539, Purdue University West Lafayette), Alejandro Cuza (0000-0003-0922-9728, Purdue University West Lafayette)
Ano2022
Volume7
Fascículo1
Páginas6
Data de publicação2022-01-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLanguages (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/languages7010006
OpenAlexW4205724390
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas84

The present study examines the extent of crosslinguistic influence from English as a dominant language in the perception of the Korean lenis-aspirated contrast among Korean heritage speakers in the United States (N = 20) and English-speaking learners of Korean as a second language (N = 20), as compared to native speakers of Korean immersed in the first language environment (N = 20), by using an AX discrimination task. In addition, we sought to determine whether significant dependencies could be observed between participants' linguistic background and experiences and their perceptual accuracy in the discrimination task. Results of a mixed-effects logistic regression model demonstrated that heritage speakers outperformed second language learners with 85% vs. 63% accurate discrimination, while no significant difference was detected between heritage speakers and first language-immersed native speakers (85% vs. 88% correct). Furthermore, higher verbal fluency was significantly predictive of greater perceptual accuracy for the heritage speakers. The results are compatible with the interpretation that the influence of English on the discrimination of the Korean laryngeal contrast was stronger for second language learners of Korean than for heritage speakers, while heritage speakers were not apparently affected by dominance in English in their discrimination of Korean lenis and aspirated stops

First language · Fluency · Heritage language · Linguistics · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Perception · Second language · Voice-onset time · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Speech Recognition and Synthesis · Artificial Intelligence