Phonetics of Early Bilingualism
M Amengual - Annual Review of Linguistics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
This article presents an overview of recent research on the phonetics of early bilinguals,
individuals who have acquired both of their languages early in life, by either growing up …
individuals who have acquired both of their languages early in life, by either growing up …
The effects of language dominance in the perception and production of the Galician mid vowel contrasts
M Amengual, P Chamorro - Phonetica, 2016 - karger.com
Aims: This study investigates the perception and production of the Galician mid vowel
contrasts by 54 early Spanish-Galician bilinguals in the cities of Vigo and Santiago (Galicia …
contrasts by 54 early Spanish-Galician bilinguals in the cities of Vigo and Santiago (Galicia …
Acoustic correlates of the Spanish tap-trill contrast: Heritage and L2 Spanish speakers
M Amengual - Heritage Language Journal, 2016 - brill.com
The present study investigates the acoustic correlates of the Spanish tap-trill phonological
contrast (/ɾ/-/r/) in the production of 40 Spanish heritage speakers and 20 L2 Spanish …
contrast (/ɾ/-/r/) in the production of 40 Spanish heritage speakers and 20 L2 Spanish …
Asymmetrical interlingual influence in the production of Spanish and English laterals as a result of competing activation in bilingual language processing
M Amengual - Journal of Phonetics, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examines the phonetic and phonological knowledge of Spanish and English/l/by
early and late Spanish-English bilinguals along a continuum of language dominance. Forty …
early and late Spanish-English bilinguals along a continuum of language dominance. Forty …
A longitudinal study of individual differences in the acquisition of new vowel contrasts
This study explores how individuals' second language cue weighting strategies change over
time and across different contrasts. The study investigates the developmental changes in …
time and across different contrasts. The study investigates the developmental changes in …
Cross-linguistic influence in the bilingual mental lexicon: Evidence of cognate effects in the phonetic production and processing of a vowel contrast
M Amengual - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The present study examines cognate effects in the phonetic production and processing of
the Catalan back mid-vowel contrast (/o/-/ɔ/) by 24 early and highly proficient Spanish …
the Catalan back mid-vowel contrast (/o/-/ɔ/) by 24 early and highly proficient Spanish …
Imitation in a second language relies on phonological categories but does not reflect the productive usage of difficult sound contrasts
M Llompart, E Reinisch - Language and Speech, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigated the relationship between imitation and both the perception and
production abilities of second language (L2) learners for two non-native contrasts differing in …
production abilities of second language (L2) learners for two non-native contrasts differing in …
Vocabulary size is a key factor in predicting second language lexical encoding accuracy
This study investigates the relationship between the accuracy of second language lexical
representations and perception, phonological short-term memory, inhibitory control …
representations and perception, phonological short-term memory, inhibitory control …
Phonetic categorization ability and vocabulary size contribute to the encoding of difficult second-language phonological contrasts into the lexicon
M Llompart - Bilingualism: Language and cognition, 2021 - cambridge.org
This study investigated the contribution of second-language (L2) phonetic categorization
abilities and vocabulary size to the phonolexical encoding of challenging non-native …
abilities and vocabulary size to the phonolexical encoding of challenging non-native …
Training the pronunciation of L2 vowels under different conditions: the use of non-lexical materials and masking noise
The current study extends traditional perceptual high-variability phonetic training (HVPT) in
a foreign language learning context by implementing a comprehensive training paradigm …
a foreign language learning context by implementing a comprehensive training paradigm …