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Kaland, Constantijn ORCID: 0000-0002-1813-5902, Galata, Vincenzo, Spreafico, Lorenzo and Vietti, Alessandro (2019). Which Language R You Speaking? /r/ as a Language Marker in Tyrolean and Italian Bilinguals. Lang. Speech, 62 (1). S. 137 - 164. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. ISSN 1756-6053

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Abstract

Across languages of the world the /r/ sound is known for its variability. This variability has been investigated using articulatory models as well as in sociolinguistic studies. The current study investigates to what extent /r/ is a marker of a bilingual's dominant language. To this end, a reading task was carried out by bilingual speakers from South Tyrol, who produce /r/ differently according to whether they dominantly speak Tyrolean or Italian. The recorded reading data were subsequently used in a perception experiment to investigate whether South Tyrolean bilingual listeners are able to identify the dominant language of the speaker. Results indicate that listeners use /r/ as a cue to determine the dominant language of the speaker whilst relying on articulatory distinctions between the variants. It is furthermore shown that /r/ correlates with three interdependent variables: the sociolinguistic background of the speakers, their speech production, and how their speech is perceived.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kaland, Constantijn UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-1813-5902 UNSPECIFIED Galata, Vincenzo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Spreafico, Lorenzo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Vietti, Alessandro UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-155477
DOI:	10.1177/0023830917746551
Journal or Publication Title:	Lang. Speech
Volume:	62
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 137 - 164
Date:	2019
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1756-6053
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology; Linguistics; Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15547