The Effect of Dual Language Activation on L2-Induced Changes in L1 Speech within a Code-Switched Paradigm

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ID5900544
AutoresUlrich Reubold (0000-0002-8534-3429, University of Graz, autor correspondente), Sanne Ditewig (0000-0003-3544-6195, University of Graz), Robert Mayr (0000-0002-3647-3796, Cardiff Metropolitan University), Ineke Mennen (0000-0002-2757-0818, University of Graz, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume6
Fascículo3
Páginas114
Data de publicação2021-06-29
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLanguages (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/languages6030114
OpenAlexW3176478518
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas80

The present study sought to examine the effect of dual language activation on L1 speech in late English-Austrian German sequential bilinguals, and to identify relevant predictor variables. To this end, we compared the English speech patterns of adult migrants to Austria in a code-switched and monolingual condition alongside those of monolingual native speakers in England in a monolingual condition. In the code-switched materials, German words containing target segments known to trigger cross-linguistic interaction in the two languages (i.e., [v-w], [ʃt(ʁ)-st(ɹ)] and [l-ɫ]) were inserted into an English frame; monolingual materials comprised English words with the same segments. To examine whether the position of the German item affects L1 speech, the segments occurred either before the switch ("He wants a Wienerschnitzel") or after ("I like Würstel with mustard"). Critical acoustic measures of these segments revealed no differences between the groups in the monolingual condition, but significant L2-induced shifts in the bilinguals' L1 speech production in the code-switched condition for some sounds. These were found to occur both before and after a code-switch, and exhibited a fair amount of individual variation. Only the amount of L2 use was found to be a significant predictor variable for shift size in code-switched compared with monolingual utterances, and only for [w]. These results have important implications for the role of dual activation in the speech of late sequential bilinguals

Code (set theory · Code-switching · Dual (grammatical number · Dual language · German · Linguistics · Set (abstract data type · Speech production · Speech recognition · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology