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Ulbrich, Christiane and Canzi, Massimiliano (2023). Intonational alignment in second language acquisition. Speech Commun., 146. S. 70 - 82. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 1872-7182

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Abstract

This study examines whether proficient second language speakers of Belfast English and Northern Standard German accommodate on cross-linguistically different intonational phonological categories and their gradient phonetic implementation in a collaborative map task. Belfast English and Northern Standard German select two different intonation patterns for nuclear pitch accents in declarative utterances. Northern Standard German features a falling pitch accent pattern. In Belfast English, a rising intonation contour is realised. The experiment investigates the production of phonologically different pitch accents in declarative utterances, gradient acoustic characteristics of pitch range in utterance-final position and peak alignment in nuclear pitch accents. Evidence was found for accommodation for all three prosodic phenomena. However, the accommodation patterns were asymmetric in the Belfast English and the Northern Standard German groups of speakers. Furthermore, both phonologically contrastive characteristics and gradient phonetic acoustic detail appeared to be influenced by factors of linguistic function, perceptual salience and familiarity.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Ulbrich, Christiane UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Canzi, Massimiliano UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-664924
DOI:	10.1016/j.specom.2022.11.007
Journal or Publication Title:	Speech Commun.
Volume:	146
Page Range:	S. 70 - 82
Date:	2023
Publisher:	ELSEVIER
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	1872-7182
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INTERACTIVE ALIGNMENT; PITCH Multiple languages Acoustics; Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66492