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| author | Yasaman Rafat |
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| contents | GEMINATE ATTRITION ACROSS THREE GENERATIONS OF FARSI-ENGLISH BILINGUALS LIVING IN CANADA: AN ACOUSTIC STUDY Yasaman Rafat Mercedeh Mohaghegh Ryan Stevenson Lengua y Literatura Farsi English Geminate Attrition Phonetics he main goal of this study was to determine whether the geminate-singleton consonant length contrast attrites across three diferent generations of Farsi-English-speaking bilinguals living in Canada. he secondary aim of the study was to shed light on the role of universal phonetic factors on the process of geminate-singleton length contrast attrition in the same population. he efect of manner/class of sounds and voicing was examined as predictors of geminate attrition in eight Farsi-English-speaking bilinguals living in Toronto forming three categories of generations: irst generation, 1.5 generation and second generation. he 1.5 generation category distinguishes children of Iranian immigrants who had acquired Farsi as their irst language and came to Canada between the ages of ive to fourteen from second generation heritage speakers of Farsi. he productions of the bilinguals were compared with the productions of three homeland variety controls. A word-naming task, which included 108 words was conducted. Using Praat sotware, 2398 tokens were acoustically analyzed. Attrition was deined in terms of changes in mean duration of geminates relative to their singleton counterparts, percentage of geminate-singleton degemination, and category overlap. Mean durations were then analyzed using a 3-way, mixed-model, repeated-measures ANOVA. Results showed that geminates attrite across diferent successive generations. Moreover, there was some evidence to suggest that geminate realization across generations patterns with typological patterns previously reported, showing that universal phonetic principles such as aerodynamic constraints/articulatory diiculty and acoustic/perceptual salience also constrain geminate realization in bilingual Farsi-English speakers. However, there was no evidence to suggest that more marked geminates sufer a higher degree of attrition. his is the irst study to examine the attrition of a typologically marked contrast, which considers the role of universal phonetic principles, markedness in an understudied bilingual community across diferent generations. 2017 artículo científico 2175-8026 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478355306002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4783 Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies application/pdf Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.70 |
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| publisher | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina |
| spellingShingle | GEMINATE ATTRITION ACROSS THREE GENERATIONS OF FARSI-ENGLISH BILINGUALS LIVING IN CANADA: AN ACOUSTIC STUDY Yasaman Rafat Lengua y Literatura Farsi English Geminate Attrition Phonetics GEMINATE ATTRITION ACROSS THREE GENERATIONS OF FARSI-ENGLISH BILINGUALS LIVING IN CANADA: AN ACOUSTIC STUDY Yasaman Rafat Mercedeh Mohaghegh Ryan Stevenson Lengua y Literatura Farsi English Geminate Attrition Phonetics he main goal of this study was to determine whether the geminate-singleton consonant length contrast attrites across three diferent generations of Farsi-English-speaking bilinguals living in Canada. he secondary aim of the study was to shed light on the role of universal phonetic factors on the process of geminate-singleton length contrast attrition in the same population. he efect of manner/class of sounds and voicing was examined as predictors of geminate attrition in eight Farsi-English-speaking bilinguals living in Toronto forming three categories of generations: irst generation, 1.5 generation and second generation. he 1.5 generation category distinguishes children of Iranian immigrants who had acquired Farsi as their irst language and came to Canada between the ages of ive to fourteen from second generation heritage speakers of Farsi. he productions of the bilinguals were compared with the productions of three homeland variety controls. A word-naming task, which included 108 words was conducted. Using Praat sotware, 2398 tokens were acoustically analyzed. Attrition was deined in terms of changes in mean duration of geminates relative to their singleton counterparts, percentage of geminate-singleton degemination, and category overlap. Mean durations were then analyzed using a 3-way, mixed-model, repeated-measures ANOVA. Results showed that geminates attrite across diferent successive generations. Moreover, there was some evidence to suggest that geminate realization across generations patterns with typological patterns previously reported, showing that universal phonetic principles such as aerodynamic constraints/articulatory diiculty and acoustic/perceptual salience also constrain geminate realization in bilingual Farsi-English speakers. However, there was no evidence to suggest that more marked geminates sufer a higher degree of attrition. his is the irst study to examine the attrition of a typologically marked contrast, which considers the role of universal phonetic principles, markedness in an understudied bilingual community across diferent generations. 2017 artículo científico 2175-8026 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478355306002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4783 Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies application/pdf Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.70 |
| title | GEMINATE ATTRITION ACROSS THREE GENERATIONS OF FARSI-ENGLISH BILINGUALS LIVING IN CANADA: AN ACOUSTIC STUDY |
| topic | Lengua y Literatura Farsi English Geminate Attrition Phonetics |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478355306002 |