The perception of the French /s/-/ʃ/ contrast in early Creole-French bilinguals

The perception of the French /s/-/ʃ/ contrast in early Creole-French bilinguals

One particularity of the Mauritian Creole language is that there is no contrastive distinction between the consonants /s/ and /ʃ/, which are both pronounced /s/ in Creole. In this study, we examined the identification performance of the /s/ - /ʃ/ contrast by Mauritian Creole-French bilinguals who ha...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sophie eDufour, Sibylle eKriegel, muhsina eAlleesaib, Noel eNguyen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Speech Perception
bilingualism
Mauritian Creole
Social characteristics
Exemplar models.
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01200/full

Internet

http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01200/full

Similar Items