Revisiting the link between second-language sound identification and word recognition with an eye on methodological similarity

This study revisits the relationship between second-language (L2) learners' ability to distinguish sounds in non-native phonological contrasts and to recognize spoken words when recognition depends on these sounds, while addressing the role of methodological similarity. Bilingual Catalan/Spanis...

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Autores: Llompart Garcia, Miquel|||0000-0002-2002-8778, Gorba, Celia|||0000-0001-7991-5884, Prieto Vives, Pilar|||0000-0001-8175-1081
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1017/S0272263125101113
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Palabra clave:L2 phonology
Second language learning
Sound identification
Speech perception
Spoken word recognition
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spelling Revisiting the link between second-language sound identification and word recognition with an eye on methodological similarityLlompart Garcia, Miquel|||0000-0002-2002-8778Gorba, Celia|||0000-0001-7991-5884Prieto Vives, Pilar|||0000-0001-8175-1081L2 phonologySecond language learningSound identificationSpeech perceptionSpoken word recognitionThis study revisits the relationship between second-language (L2) learners' ability to distinguish sounds in non-native phonological contrasts and to recognize spoken words when recognition depends on these sounds, while addressing the role of methodological similarity. Bilingual Catalan/Spanish learners of English were tested on the identification of two vowel contrasts (VI) of diverging difficulty, /i/-// (difficult) and //-/æ/ (easy), in monosyllabic minimal pairs, and on their recognition of the same pairs in a word-picture matching task (WPM). Learners performed substantially better with /i/-// in VI than in WPM, and individual scores were only weakly correlated. By replicating previous findings through a more symmetrical design, we show that an account of prior work rooted in methodological dissimilarity is improbable and provide additional support for the claim that accuracy in sound identification does not guarantee improvements in word recognition. This has implications for our understanding of L2-speech acquisition and L2 pronunciation training.Cambridge University Press 22025-01-0120252025-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/320421https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1017/S0272263125101113reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:3204212026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Revisiting the link between second-language sound identification and word recognition with an eye on methodological similarity
title Revisiting the link between second-language sound identification and word recognition with an eye on methodological similarity
spellingShingle Revisiting the link between second-language sound identification and word recognition with an eye on methodological similarity
Llompart Garcia, Miquel|||0000-0002-2002-8778
L2 phonology
Second language learning
Sound identification
Speech perception
Spoken word recognition
title_short Revisiting the link between second-language sound identification and word recognition with an eye on methodological similarity
title_full Revisiting the link between second-language sound identification and word recognition with an eye on methodological similarity
title_fullStr Revisiting the link between second-language sound identification and word recognition with an eye on methodological similarity
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting the link between second-language sound identification and word recognition with an eye on methodological similarity
title_sort Revisiting the link between second-language sound identification and word recognition with an eye on methodological similarity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Llompart Garcia, Miquel|||0000-0002-2002-8778
Gorba, Celia|||0000-0001-7991-5884
Prieto Vives, Pilar|||0000-0001-8175-1081
author Llompart Garcia, Miquel|||0000-0002-2002-8778
author_facet Llompart Garcia, Miquel|||0000-0002-2002-8778
Gorba, Celia|||0000-0001-7991-5884
Prieto Vives, Pilar|||0000-0001-8175-1081
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author2 Gorba, Celia|||0000-0001-7991-5884
Prieto Vives, Pilar|||0000-0001-8175-1081
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv L2 phonology
Second language learning
Sound identification
Speech perception
Spoken word recognition
topic L2 phonology
Second language learning
Sound identification
Speech perception
Spoken word recognition
description This study revisits the relationship between second-language (L2) learners' ability to distinguish sounds in non-native phonological contrasts and to recognize spoken words when recognition depends on these sounds, while addressing the role of methodological similarity. Bilingual Catalan/Spanish learners of English were tested on the identification of two vowel contrasts (VI) of diverging difficulty, /i/-// (difficult) and //-/æ/ (easy), in monosyllabic minimal pairs, and on their recognition of the same pairs in a word-picture matching task (WPM). Learners performed substantially better with /i/-// in VI than in WPM, and individual scores were only weakly correlated. By replicating previous findings through a more symmetrical design, we show that an account of prior work rooted in methodological dissimilarity is improbable and provide additional support for the claim that accuracy in sound identification does not guarantee improvements in word recognition. This has implications for our understanding of L2-speech acquisition and L2 pronunciation training.
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