Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: pronunciación

Resumen:

It has been argued that a learner's L1 articulatory tendency to produce an American English "retroflex" tongue shape as opposed to a "bunched" one can facilitate Spanish trill acquisition. This is because the American English retroflex is articulated by moving the tongue apex towards the alveolar ridge, while the "bunched" articulation is produced by moving the tongue apex down in the opposite direction to the trill. This study examines this articulatory hypothesis by analyzing the tongue shape of two anglophone learners of Spanish. Ultrasound visualization was employed to create individual lessons centered on: (a) each learner's type of tongue-shape errors and (b) conducive tongue gestures for trill production. The results illustrate that the participant who presented articulatory tendencies similar to retroflex-like articulations...

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