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Language and Linguistics Seminar Series: Week 23 with Fernanda Barrientos, University of Konstanz

When good is not enough: interlanguage representations in L2 phonology

Thu 7 Mar 19

12:00 - 14:00
Colchester Campus

1N1.4.1
Event speaker

Fernanda Barrientos, University of Konstanz
Event type

Lectures, talks and seminars
Language and Linguistics Seminar Series
Event organiser

Language and Linguistics, Department of
Contact details

Victoria Mead lalopc@essex.ac.uk

This week we are joined by Fernanda Barrientos, University of Konstanz, to talk about her recent research.

12-1pm Fernanda Barrientos will take to the stage to deliver her talk, followed by a lunch provided by Language and Linguistics from 1pm-2pm.

We look forward to seeing you there: this event is open to all students and staff!

ABSTRACT

While the L2 phonology literature abounds in examples of phonological acquisition of certain segments by late-learners of a second language, little has been said about the phonological nature of the perceptual representations that these learners create; in fact, the terms used in the literature vary greatly and include abstract-level terms such as “phoneme” (e.g. Hayes-Harb 2007), surface-level concepts such as “phonetic category” (Flege 1995), and less specific terms such as “perceptual category” (Escudero 2005). I discuss the phonological nature of these categories and their similarities/differences regarding native-like categories, with a focus on the acquisition of the /ɑ/-/ʌ/ contrast by native speakers of Spanish with different degrees of proficiency in English.

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