<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This study investigates the production of three morphophonetic variations of schwa in American English: the plural allomorph {-s} as in watches, the possessive allomorph {-s} as in Sasha’s, and word-finally as in Russia. The production of these three allomorphs were examined in Miami’s English monolingual and early Spanish-English bilingual populations. Our purpose was to determine how native-like early Spanish-English bilinguals′ spectral qualities and reduced vowel durations were compared to Miami English monolinguals during a reading task. Results indicate that early bilinguals′ reduced vowels followed the same overall pattern as monolinguals, but had different acoustic properties.</p></abstract>

This study investigates the production of three morphophonetic variations of schwa in American English: the plural allomorph {-s} as in watches, the possessive allomorph {-s} as in Sasha’s, and word-finally as in Russia. The production of these three allomorphs were examined in Miami’s English monolingual and early Spanish-English bilingual populations. Our purpose was to determine how native-like early Spanish-English bilinguals′ spectral qualities and reduced vowel durations were compared to Miami English monolinguals during a reading task. Results indicate that early bilinguals′ reduced vowels followed the same overall pattern as monolinguals, but had different acoustic properties.

Vowel reduction patterns of early Spanish- English bilinguals receiving continuous L1 and L2 input

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This study investigates the production of three morphophonetic variations of schwa in American English: the plural allomorph {-s} as in watches, the possessive...

Vowel reduction patterns of early Spanish- English bilinguals receiving continuous L1 and L2 input

Published Online: Jun 23, 2017

Page range: 17 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/topling-2017-0002

Keywords
bilingualism, phonetics, sociolinguistics, individual differences, vowel reduction, American English

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Vowel reduction patterns of early Spanish- English bilinguals receiving continuous L1 and L2 input

Published Online: Jun 23, 2017

Page range: 17 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/topling-2017-0002

Keywordsbilingualism, phonetics, sociolinguistics, individual differences, vowel reduction, American English

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
bilingualism, phonetics, sociolinguistics, individual differences, vowel reduction, American English