Vowel reduction patterns of early Spanish- English bilinguals receiving continuous L1 and L2 input

Topics in Linguistics

Byers Emily¹ 

[1] Florida International University, Miami, United States of America;

关键词: bilingualism;    phonetics;    sociolinguistics;    individual differences;    vowel reduction;    american english;   

DOI  :  10.1515/topling-2017-0002

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This study investigates the production of three morphophonetic variations of schwa in American English: the plural allomorph {-s} as in watches, the possessive allomorph {-s} as in Sasha’s, and word-finally as in Russia. The production of these three allomorphs were examined in Miami’s English monolingual and early Spanish-English bilingual populations. Our purpose was to determine how native-like early Spanish-English bilinguals′ spectral qualities and reduced vowel durations were compared to Miami English monolinguals during a reading task. Results indicate that early bilinguals′ reduced vowels followed the same overall pattern as monolinguals, but had different acoustic properties.

【 授权许可】

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