First language attrition in foreign accent perception

Perceived foreign accent in first language attrition and second language acquisition: The impact of age of acquisition and bilingualism

This study investigates constraints on ultimate attainment in second language (L2) pronunciation in a direct comparison of perceived foreign accent of 40 late L2 learners and 40 late first language (L1) attriters of German. Both groups were compared with 20 predominantly monolingual controls. Contrasting participants who acquired the target language from birth (monolinguals, L1 attriters) with ...

First language attrition.

Speakers who live in an L2 environment for an extended period of time often experience change in the way in which they use their L1, a process referred to as L1 attrition. This article provides an overview of language attrition phenomena at various linguistic levels. However, attrition cannot be trivially or linearly related to factors such as the frequency of use of the L1. It is argued here t...

Speaker-independent Factors Affecting Foreign Accent Perception

Previous research on the perception of foreign accent has largely focused on speaker-dependent factors such as Age of Learning and Length of Residence which are specific to an individual speaker. Factors that are independent of particular speakers and their language learning history have also been shown to affect perception of second language speech. The present study examined two speaker-indep...

Comparing foreign accent in L1 attrition and L2 acquisition 1 Comparing foreign accent in L1 attrition and L2 acquisition: Range and rater effects

Intonational Foreign Accent: Speech Technology and Foreign Language Teaching

2. Method In an experimental setting native speakers of American English are asked to read short German stories and repeat short German utterances. During the recording sessions they also produce a number of samples of German spontaneous speech. The recorded utterances are then examined for non−native intonation patterns, which are either obviously inappropriate for German or just to some small...