Shared or Separate Representations? The Spanish Palatal Nasal in Early Spanish/English Bilinguals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5901071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sara Stefanich (Northwestern University, corresponding author), Jennifer Cabrelli (0000-0002-7139-740X, University of Illinois Chicago) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 50 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/languages5040050 |
| OpenAlex | W3097970913 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 41 |
The purpose of this study is to examine phonetic interactions in early Spanish/English bilinguals to see if they have established a representation for the Spanish palatal nasal /ɲ/ (e.g., /kaɲon/ cañón 'canyon') that is separate from the similar, yet acoustically distinct English /n+j/ sequence (e.g., /kænjn̩/ 'canyon'). Twenty heritage speakers of Spanish completed a delayed repetition task in each language, in which a set of disyllabic nonce words were produced in a carrier phrase. English critical stimuli contained an intervocalic /n+j/ sequence (e.g., /dɛnjɑ/ 'denya') and Spanish critical stimuli contained intervocalic /ɲ/ (e.g., /deɲja/ 'deña'). We measured the duration and formant contours of the following vocalic portion as acoustic indices of the /ɲ/~/n+j/ distinction. The duration data and formant contour data alike show that early bilinguals distinguish between the Spanish /ɲ/ and English /n+j/ in production, indicative of the maintenance of separate representations for these similar sounds and thus a lack of interaction between systems for bilinguals in this scenario. We discuss these discrete representations in comparison to previous evidence of shared and separate representations in this population, examining a set of variables that are potentially responsible for the attested distinction
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
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