Production of vowel duration in minimal pairs ending in [s] and [z] IN English (L2) by learners from Porto Alegre, Brazil
In this study, we investigate how Brazilian learners of English produce thevowel durations of members of minimal pairs ending in [s] and [z], suchas ‘niece’ [s]’ versus ‘knees’ [z]. The data were obtained through a readingtask of 60 target-sentences, with 20 participants who had been leveled in two...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) |
| Repositório: | Signótica (Online) |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/51612 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revistas.ufg.br/sig/article/view/51612 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Voicing distinction. L2 phonetic-phonological development. Production of vowel duration. Distinción de sonoridad. Desarrollo fonético-fonológico de L2. Producción de duración vocálica. Distinção de sonoridade. Desenvolvimento fonético-fonológico de L2. Produção da duração vocálica. |
| Resumo: | In this study, we investigate how Brazilian learners of English produce thevowel durations of members of minimal pairs ending in [s] and [z], suchas ‘niece’ [s]’ versus ‘knees’ [z]. The data were obtained through a readingtask of 60 target-sentences, with 20 participants who had been leveled in two proficiency groups. The analyses of both absolute and relative durational values showed that the L2 learners are producing longer vowels preceding [z], regardless of their proficiency group. |
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