eprintid: 10146923
rev_number: 7
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datestamp: 2022-04-21 12:10:58
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type: article
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creators_name: Saito, K
creators_name: Macmillan, K
creators_name: Kroeger, S
creators_name: Magne, V
creators_name: Takizawa, K
creators_name: Kachlicka, M
creators_name: Tierney, A
title: Roles of domain-general auditory processing in spoken second-language vocabulary attainment in adulthood
ispublished: inpress
divisions: B14
divisions: J77
divisions: B16
divisions: UCL
keywords: Second-language speech; aptitude; auditory processing; vocabulary; grammar
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
abstract: Recently, scholars have begun to explore the hypothesis that individual differences in domain-general auditory perception, which has been identified as an anchor of L1 acquisition, could explain some variance in postpubertal L2 learners’ segmental and suprasegmental learning in immersive settings. The current study set out to examine the generalizability of the topic to the acquisition of higher-level linguistic production skills—that is the appropriate use of diverse, rich, and abstract vocabulary. The speech of 100 Polish-English bilinguals was elicited using an interview task, submitted to corpus-/rater-based linguistic analyses, and linked to their ability to discriminate sounds based on individual acoustic dimensions (pitch, duration, and amplitude). According to the results, those who attained more advanced L2 lexical proficiency demonstrated not only more relevant experience (extensive immersion and earlier age of arrival), but also more precise auditory perception ability.
date: 2022-03-14
date_type: published
publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716422000029
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1948909
doi: 10.1017/S0142716422000029
lyricists_name: Saito, Kazuya
lyricists_id: KSAIT59
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
funding_acknowledgements: ES/S013024/1
full_text_status: public
publication: Applied Psycholinguistics
pagerange: 1-26
issn: 0142-7164
citation:        Saito, K;    Macmillan, K;    Kroeger, S;    Magne, V;    Takizawa, K;    Kachlicka, M;    Tierney, A;      (2022)    Roles of domain-general auditory processing in spoken second-language vocabulary attainment in adulthood.                   Applied Psycholinguistics     pp. 1-26.    10.1017/S0142716422000029 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716422000029>.    (In press).    Green open access   
 
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