University of Konstanz, Germany.
Lang Speech. 2024 Jun;67(2):346-372. doi: 10.1177/00238309211050094. Epub 2021 Oct 20.
This paper presents the investigation and analysis of speech accommodation effects in data obtained from Spanish learners of German with varying proficiency levels. The production data were recorded during a collaborative map task of the Spanish learners of German among each other and with a native speaker of German. The map task was designed to target words and phrases with specific segmental and suprasegmental characteristics. These characteristics were derived from contrastive analyses of Spanish and German. The main objectives of the paper were to investigate whether segmental and suprasegmental characteristics of the target language German are affected by phonetic accommodation to varying degrees and whether these differences depend on the proficiency level of the speaker or the interlocutor. The statistical analysis, using regression analyses, revealed inconsistent accommodation effects across learners of different proficiency levels as well as different linguistic phenomena. In line with previous findings the results can best be accounted for by an adaptation of a dynamic system approach.
本文研究和分析了不同水平的西班牙语学习者在进行德语学习时，言语顺应效应在数据中所呈现出的特点。在实验中，研究人员通过合作绘制地图的任务，让西班牙语学习者与彼此以及德语母语者进行互动，记录了参与者的发音数据。地图任务的设计旨在针对具有特定音段和超音段特征的单词和短语。这些特征是通过对西班牙语和德语的对比分析得出的。本文的主要目的是研究目标语言德语的音段和超音段特征是否会受到不同程度的语音顺应影响，以及这些差异是否取决于说话者或对话者的熟练程度。通过回归分析的统计方法，研究人员发现不同熟练水平的学习者以及不同的语言现象之间存在不一致的顺应效应。结果与之前的发现一致，可以通过对动态系统方法的调整来最好地解释这些结果。
