The Acquisition of /ɪ/–/iː/ Is Challenging: Perceptual and Production Evidence from Cypriot Greek Speakers of English
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Formulation of Predictions
3. The Perceptual Study
3.1. Methodology
3.1.1. Participants
3.1.2. Stimuli
3.1.3. Procedure
3.2. Results
3.2.1. Classification Test
3.2.2. Discrimination Test
4. The Production Study
4.1. Methodology
4.1.1. Participants
4.1.2. Stimuli
4.1.3. Procedure
4.1.4. Acoustic Analysis
4.2. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Vowel | Duration (m.s.) | SD |
---|---|---|
/i/ | 111 | 10.2 |
/e/ | 129 | 11.1 |
/a/ | 146 | 15.6 |
/o/ | 143 | 12 |
/u/ | 124 | 15.8 |
Vowel | Duration (m.s.) | SD |
---|---|---|
/ɪ/ | 117 | 11.1 |
/iː/ | 184 | 23.2 |
/e/ | 135 | 11.5 |
/ɜː/ | 201 | 10.1 |
/æ/ | 163 | 15.8 |
/ɑː/ | 215 | 6.5 |
/ʌ/ | 127 | 10.7 |
/ɒ/ | 129 | 9.7 |
/ɔː/ | 206 | 13.3 |
/ʊ/ | 191 | 26.1 |
/uː/ | 117 | 14.8 |
Vowels | CG | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
i | e | a | o | u | ||
RP | ɪ | 0.80 | 0.20 | |||
iː | 1.00 |
Vowels | CG | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
i | e | a | o | u | ||
RP | ɪ | 0.86 | 0.14 | |||
iː | 0.98 | 0.02 |
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Georgiou, G.P. The Acquisition of /ɪ/–/iː/ Is Challenging: Perceptual and Production Evidence from Cypriot Greek Speakers of English. Behav. Sci. 2022, 12, 469. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12120469
Georgiou GP. The Acquisition of /ɪ/–/iː/ Is Challenging: Perceptual and Production Evidence from Cypriot Greek Speakers of English. Behavioral Sciences. 2022; 12(12):469. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12120469
Chicago/Turabian StyleGeorgiou, Georgios P. 2022. "The Acquisition of /ɪ/–/iː/ Is Challenging: Perceptual and Production Evidence from Cypriot Greek Speakers of English" Behavioral Sciences 12, no. 12: 469. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12120469