Acoustic cue weighting in the perception of English lexical stress by native Korean and Chinese listeners
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This study explores whether listeners can effectively apply acoustic cues used in their L1 to process lexical stress in L2. Two groups of listeners, consisting of 21 Korean and 20 Chinese listeners, participated in the study, with 20 English listeners as a control group. The experiment involved English nonce words, and the stimulus tokens were manipulated based on three acoustic cues (i.e., duration, f0, and intensity). The results demonstrated that all three acoustic cues significantly influenced the perception of stress. Moreover, there were noticeable differences in the impact of these cues among the listener groups. The Korean listeners heavily relied on f0 and intensity cues to perceive English stress, despite these cues not being used for lexical prominence in Korean. In Korean, f0 contributes to the expression of phrasal tones and also plays a role in distinguishing between stop categories. On the other hand, the Chinese listeners displayed greater sensitivity to f0 compared to the other cues when processing lexical stress. This observation aligns with the fact that Chinese is a tonal language, where f0 plays a crucial role in conveying meaning. The present findings suggest that the effects of L1 on the perception of L2 can be attributed to listeners’ transfer of cue weighting from L1 to L2. Also, this study discusses the difference in sensitivity to f0 cue variations between the Korean and Chinese listeners.
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This study explores whether listeners can effectively apply acoustic cues used in their L1 to process lexical stress in L2. Two groups of listeners, consisting of 21 Korean and 20 Chinese listeners, participated in the study, with 20 English listeners as a control group. The experiment involved English nonce words, and the stimulus tokens were manipulated based on three acoustic cues (i.e., duration, f0, and intensity). The results demonstrated that all three acoustic cues significantly influenced the perception of stress. Moreover, there were noticeable differences in the impact of these cues among the listener groups. The Korean listeners heavily relied on f0 and intensity cues to perceive English stress, despite these cues not being used for lexical prominence in Korean. In Korean, f0 contributes to the expression of phrasal tones and also plays a role in distinguishing between stop categories. On the other hand, the Chinese listeners displayed greater sensitivity to f0 compared to the other cues when processing lexical stress. This observation aligns with the fact that Chinese is a tonal language, where f0 plays a crucial role in conveying meaning. The present findings suggest that the effects of L1 on the perception of L2 can be attributed to listeners’ transfer of cue weighting from L1 to L2. Also, this study discusses the difference in sensitivity to f0 cue variations between the Korean and Chinese listeners.
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