34.3430, Confs: Phonetic Cross-Linguistic Similarity

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Date: 15-Nov-2023
From: Anna Balas [abalas at amu.edu.pl]
Subject: Phonetic Cross-Linguistic Similarity


Phonetic cross-linguistic similarity
Short Title: PhonCSS

Date: 12-Sep-2024 - 13-Sep-2024
Location: Poznań, Poland
Contact: Anna Balas
Contact Email: abalas at amu.edu.pl
Meeting URL: https://ciplnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/WS-16-Phon
etic-cross-linguistic-similarity.pdf

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics

Meeting Description:

Convenors: Anna Balas (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) & Romana
Kopečková (University of Münster)

The field of non-native speech acquisition has used the notion of
cross-linguistic similarity from simplified one-to-one relationships
to perceived similarity, but there is still no consensus on the most
appropriate method of measuring it. This is rather troublesome
considering that the most influential models of the acquisition of
second language (L2) speech center around the notion of similarity.

Flege’s (1995) Speech Learning Model (SLM) and its revised version
(SLM-r; Flege and Bohn 2021),  advance that a new phonetic category
can only be formed when a learner notices phonetic differences between
the L2 sound and the first language (L1) sound that is closest to it
in phonetic space. As the degree of perceived cross-linguistic
phonetic dissimilarity between an L2 and an L1 sound increases, the
likelihood of equivalence classification decreases, and L2 category
formation becomes more likely. The formation of new phonetic
categories for L2 sounds is further hypothesized in the model to
depend on the precision of L1 categories at the time L2 learning
begins (Flege and Bohn 2021). According to Best’s (1995) Perceptual
Assimilation Model (PAM) and its L2 variant (PAM-L2; Best & Tyler
2007), it is the perceived similarity of the articulatory gestures in
a target-language contrast to the gestures in the L1 that determines
discrimination predictions. Similarly to PAM/ PAM-L2, the Second
Language Perception Model (L2LP; Escudero and Boersma 2004, Escudero,
2009) juxtaposes new and similar L2 contrasts, but, following the SLM,
this model uses acoustic information to predict cross-linguistic
categorization.

Speech sounds with a special status also seem to be attested, as shown
by the Natural Referent Vowel framework (Polka and Bohn 2003, 2011),
and as suggested for the alveolar place of articulation and stops for
the category of consonants (Bohn 2020). Do other sounds with such a
special status exist? To what extent does the (development of)
perceived phonetic cross-linguistic similarity of such sounds differ
from other sounds?

This workshop aims to address the latest developments in understanding
phonetic cross-linguistic similarity both in second and third language
(L3) acquisition. Comparisons between speech sounds or prosodic
systems of two languages tend to be challenging, yet operationalizing
differences between three phonetic systems seems to be urgently needed
in the light of growing interest in phonetic aspects of L3
acquisition. Perception tasks targeting cross-linguistic similarity
between the sounds in a multilingual’s repertoire would be very much
welcome in the field.

We envisage the focus of the workshop on how cross-linguistic phonetic
similarity can be best measured in L2 and L3 speech learning contexts,
respectively. Also, related issues need addressing. How does
perceptual similarity compare to acoustic similarity (cf. Georgiou
2023, Balas et al. 2023)? Can we understand similar sounds as
differing by a limited number of processes as conceived by Natural
Phonology (Donegan 1985, Dziubalska-Kołaczyk 1990)? How does language
distance affect cross-linguistic similarity? Can studying reciprocal
perceptual similarity and ecphoric similarity bring us closer to an
understanding of what is comparable in different languages (Cebrian
2022)? How does perceived phonetic cross-linguistic similarity change
over time (cf. Gut, Kopečková, and Nelson 2023)? Do metacognitive
abilities moderate the perception of phonetic cross-linguistic
similarity (Kartushina, Soto, and Martin 2022)?

We are interested in an array of applications of examining phonetic
cross-linguistic similarity, from research-oriented to applications in
non-native language learning and teaching (cf. Ringbom 2006).

The workshops are planned to be scheduled on the 12th and 13th
September.

Our workshop has number 16 -- WS16 Phonetic cross-linguistic
similarity (Balas & Kopečková) -- the last one on the list of
workshops in the Easy Chair form.



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