Negative transfer from Spanish to English in vowels /ʌ/ and /æ/
The aim of this non-experimental descriptive study is to establish if linguisticnegative transfer caused by the aural perception of Spanish vowel phonemesis responsible for spelling mistakes found in 5th graders’ written texts from aSpanish-English bilingual school in Concepción, Chile. The subject...
| Published in: | Ikala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Antioquia
2017-05-01
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/ikala/article/view/25098 |
| Summary: | The aim of this non-experimental descriptive study is to establish if linguisticnegative transfer caused by the aural perception of Spanish vowel phonemesis responsible for spelling mistakes found in 5th graders’ written texts from aSpanish-English bilingual school in Concepción, Chile. The subjects of thisstudy participated in an aural perception test in which they had to representthe English vowels /ʌ/ and /æ/ —these vowels were presented in twelve pseudowords. The results are consistent with the literature on the subject of phonetic-phonological negative transfer, suggesting the influence of Spanish phonicson the auditory vowel perception in English, both for pseudo words within asemantic context and in isolation.
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| ISSN: | 0123-3432 2145-566X |