F0 patterns of tone versus non-tone languages

The case of Vietnamese speakers of English

Bibliographic Data

ID11655833
AuthorsAnh-Thư T Nguyễn (0000-0001-8979-1037, Mountain Creek, Australia, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume36
Issue1
Pages97-121
Publication date2018-09-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSecond language Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0267658318797365
OpenAlexW2892117567
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited31

This article reports a study that aimed to find out whether F0 patterns of L2 English produced by Vietnamese speakers are different to those of native English speakers, whether the non-native F0 patterns are transferred from Vietnamese, and to what extent English and Vietnamese F0 profiles differ. Ten native/L1 Australian English speakers, 20 Vietnamese speakers of English (10 beginners and 10 advanced speakers) and a control group of four native/L1 Vietnamese speakers were included. The F0 profiles (F0 maximum, F0 minimum, F0 range, F0 mean and F0 standard deviation at three levels: utterance, syllable and phoneme) were obtained from a set of 10 English sentences and 20 Vietnamese utterances. The results showed that F0 patterns of beginning-level L2 English are systematically different from those of native English speakers, which can be transferred from their native tone language. Nevertheless, the advanced speakers’ ability to produce native-like F0 patterns indicates the effect of language learning experience on prosodic acquisition. The data and results of this study contribute to the understanding of the process and nature of second language acquisition

First language · Linguistics · Syllable · Tone (literature · Utterance · Vietnamese · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology

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