On the mental representations of L2 English /z/ among L1 Chinese speakers

• Published in: Acta psychologica Vol. 256; p. 105051
• Main Authors: Lin, Yu-Leng, Liu, Chin-Ting
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.06.2025; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adaptation; Adult; Category mapping; East Asian People; Female; Humans; L1 transfer; L2 acquisition; Language; Male; Mental representation; Multilingualism; Phonetics; Psycholinguistics; Speech Perception - physiology; Taiwan; Young Adult; Taiwan; L2 acquisition; Mental representation; L1 transfer; Category mapping; Adaptation

The study investigates how L1 Taiwan Mandarin speakers perceive the L2 English voiced /z/, whose counterpart is not directly available in Taiwan Mandarin. A transcription task was conducted to allow participants to freely choose Taiwan Mandarin segments they perceive as suitable substitutes for Engl...