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Language Proficiency and Sonorant Devoicing in English Plosive-Sonorant Clusters

dc.contributor.authorPřečková, Klára
dc.contributor.authorŠturm, Pavel
dc.contributor.authorVolín, Jan
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-03T09:41:21Z
dc.date.available2024-01-03T09:41:21Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-28
dc.identifier.issn1731-7533
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/49015
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the timing of phonetic voicing in plosive-sonorant clusters in English. VOT was measured in two groups of Czech learners with different proficiency levels and a native English control group. The hypothesis was that cross-language differences in the implementation of the voicing contrast would be reflected in lower devoicing by the non-native speakers, modulated by proficiency. 24 participants read a text with plosive-sonorant clusters (such as in plan or troops). The study found that less proficient speakers exhibited smaller degrees of devoicing compared to more proficient speakers, who however did not differ from the native controls. In line with the absence of devoicing in Czech secondary-school textbooks, the results provide insight into the interplay between language proficiency and pronunciation details in L2 acquisition. The research was supported by the European Regional Development Fund-Project ‘Creativity and Adaptability as Conditions of the Success of Europe in an Interrelated World’ (No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000734). The study was created within the Charles University programme ‘Cooperatio’, scientific field Linguistics.en
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiegopl
dc.relation.ispartofseriesResearch in Language;4en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectvoicingen
dc.subjectdevoicingen
dc.subjectaspirationen
dc.subjectsonorantsen
dc.subjectEnglishen
dc.subjectCzechen
dc.subjectforeign languageen
dc.titleLanguage Proficiency and Sonorant Devoicing in English Plosive-Sonorant Clustersen
dc.typeArticle
dc.page.number443-459
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationPřečková, Klára - Charles University, Department of English Language and ELT Methodology, Prague, Czech Republicen
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationŠturm, Pavel - Charles University, Institute of Phonetics, Prague, Czech Republicen
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationVolín, Jan - Charles University, Institute of Phonetics, Prague, Czech Republicen
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dc.contributor.authorEmailPřečková, Klára - klara.preckova@seznam.cz
dc.contributor.authorEmailŠturm, Pavel - pavel.sturm@ff.cuni.cz
dc.contributor.authorEmailVolín, Jan - jan.volin@ff.cuni.cz
dc.identifier.doi10.18778/1731-7533.21.4.06
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