Variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities: an MMN study on late bilinguals

People differ in their ability to perceive second language (L2) sounds. In early bilinguals the variability in learning L2 phonemes stems from speech-specific capabilities (Díaz, Baus, Escera, Costa & Sebastián-Gallés, 2008). The present study addresses whether speech-specific capabilities s...

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Autores: Díaz Menéndez, Begoña, 1979-, Mitterer, Holger, Broersm, Mirjam, Escera, Carles, Sebastián Gallés, Núria
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Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palavra-chave:Mismatch negativity
Event-related potentials
Bilingualism
Individual differences
L2 phoneme perception
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spelling Variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities: an MMN study on late bilingualsDíaz Menéndez, Begoña, 1979-Mitterer, HolgerBroersm, MirjamEscera, CarlesSebastián Gallés, NúriaMismatch negativityEvent-related potentialsBilingualismIndividual differencesL2 phoneme perceptionPeople differ in their ability to perceive second language (L2) sounds. In early bilinguals the variability in learning L2 phonemes stems from speech-specific capabilities (Díaz, Baus, Escera, Costa & Sebastián-Gallés, 2008). The present study addresses whether speech-specific capabilities similarly explain variability in late bilinguals. Event-related potentials were recorded (using a design similar to Díaz et al., 2008) in two groups of late Dutch–English bilinguals who were good or poor in overtly discriminating the L2 English vowels /ε-æ/. The mismatch negativity, an index of discrimination sensitivity, was similar between the groups in conditions involving pure tones (of different length, frequency, and presentation order) but was attenuated in poor L2 perceivers for native, unknown, and L2 phonemes. These results suggest that variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities and imply a continuity of L2 phonemic learning mechanisms throughout the lifespan.This work was supported by the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under REA grant agreement n° 32867 and a postdoctoral fellowship from the Spanish Government (Juan de la Cierva fellowship) to B.D., a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to M.B., a grant from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013): ERG grant agreement number 323961 (UNDER CONTROL) and Collaborative grant FP7-2013-613465 (ATHEME) to N.S.G. and by grants from the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (PSI 2012 – 34071; SEJ2009-09072) and the Catalan Government (SGR 2014–1210; SGR2009-11) awarded to N.S.G. and C.E. N.S.G. and C.E. received the prize ‘ICREA Acadèmia’ for excellence in research, funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya.Cambridge University Press201620162015info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/25753http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1366728915000450reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésBilingualism: Language and Cognition.2015;1:1-16.info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/613465info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/323961© Cambridge University Press. The published version of the article: [Sebastián N, Díaz B, Mitterer H, Broersma M, Escera C.. Variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities: an MMN study on late bilinguals. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2015; 1: 1-16.] is available at [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=BIL].info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/257532026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities: an MMN study on late bilinguals
title Variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities: an MMN study on late bilinguals
spellingShingle Variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities: an MMN study on late bilinguals
Díaz Menéndez, Begoña, 1979-
Mismatch negativity
Event-related potentials
Bilingualism
Individual differences
L2 phoneme perception
title_short Variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities: an MMN study on late bilinguals
title_full Variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities: an MMN study on late bilinguals
title_fullStr Variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities: an MMN study on late bilinguals
title_full_unstemmed Variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities: an MMN study on late bilinguals
title_sort Variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities: an MMN study on late bilinguals
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Díaz Menéndez, Begoña, 1979-
Mitterer, Holger
Broersm, Mirjam
Escera, Carles
Sebastián Gallés, Núria
author Díaz Menéndez, Begoña, 1979-
author_facet Díaz Menéndez, Begoña, 1979-
Mitterer, Holger
Broersm, Mirjam
Escera, Carles
Sebastián Gallés, Núria
author_role author
author2 Mitterer, Holger
Broersm, Mirjam
Escera, Carles
Sebastián Gallés, Núria
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Mismatch negativity
Event-related potentials
Bilingualism
Individual differences
L2 phoneme perception
topic Mismatch negativity
Event-related potentials
Bilingualism
Individual differences
L2 phoneme perception
description People differ in their ability to perceive second language (L2) sounds. In early bilinguals the variability in learning L2 phonemes stems from speech-specific capabilities (Díaz, Baus, Escera, Costa & Sebastián-Gallés, 2008). The present study addresses whether speech-specific capabilities similarly explain variability in late bilinguals. Event-related potentials were recorded (using a design similar to Díaz et al., 2008) in two groups of late Dutch–English bilinguals who were good or poor in overtly discriminating the L2 English vowels /ε-æ/. The mismatch negativity, an index of discrimination sensitivity, was similar between the groups in conditions involving pure tones (of different length, frequency, and presentation order) but was attenuated in poor L2 perceivers for native, unknown, and L2 phonemes. These results suggest that variability in L2 phonemic learning originates from speech-specific capabilities and imply a continuity of L2 phonemic learning mechanisms throughout the lifespan.
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