DO LEARNERS CONNECT SOCIOPHONETIC VARIATION WITH REGIONAL AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS?

• Published in: Studies in second language acquisition Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 185 - 209
• Main Authors: Chappell, Whitney, Kanwit, Matthew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 11.03.2022
• Subjects: Research Article

Learners must develop the ability to perceive linguistic and social meaning in their second language (L2) to interact effectively, but relatively little is known about how learners link social meaning to a single phonetic variable. Using a matched-guise test targeting coda /s/ (realized as [s] or de...