Tomé Lourido, G orcid.org/0000-0002-3456-7334 and Evans, BG (2019) The effects of language dominance switch in bilinguals: Galician new speakers' speech production and perception. Bilingualism-Language and Cognition, 22 (3). pp. 637-654. ISSN 1366-7289
Abstract
It has long been debated whether speech production and perception remain flexible in adulthood. The current study investigates the effects of language dominance switch in Galician new speakers (neofalantes) who are raised with Spanish as a primary language and learn Galician at an early age in a bilingual environment, but in adolescence, decide to switch to using Galician almost exclusively, for ideological reasons. Results showed that neofalantes pattern with Spanish-dominants in their perception and production of mid-vowel and fricative contrasts, but with Galician-dominants in their realisation of unstressed word-final vowels, a highly salient feature of Galician. These results are taken to suggest that despite early exposure to Galician, high motivation and almost exclusive Galician language use post-switch, there are limitations to what neofalantes can learn in both production and perception, but that the hybrid categories they appear to develop may function as opportunities to mark identity within a particular community.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Cambridge University Press 2018. This article has been published in a revised form in Bilingualism-Language and Cognition (https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728918000603). This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. |
Keywords: | language dominance switch, speech production, speech perception, new speakers |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Linguistics & Phonetics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2018 13:40 |
Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2019 12:52 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S1366728918000603 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:130054 |