dc.contributor.author | Kapnoula, Efthymia C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Samuel, Arthur G. | |
dc.date | 2025-05-06 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-21T15:51:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-01-21T15:51:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kapnoula, E.C., & Samuel, A.G. (2024). Sensitivity to Subphonemic Differences in First Language Predicts Vocabulary Size in a Foreign Language. Language Learning, 74(4), 950-984. Doi:10.1111/lang.12650 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.citation | Language Learning | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0023-8333 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/71661 | |
dc.description | Published on 6 May 2024 | es_ES |
dc.description.abstract | Some listeners exhibit higher sensitivity to subphonemic acoustic differences (i.e., higher speech gradiency). Here, we asked whether higher gradiency in a listener's first language (L1) facilitates foreign language learning and explored the possible sources of individual differences in L1 gradiency. To address these questions, we tested 164 native Spanish speakers with different linguistic profiles. Speech gradiency was assessed via a Visual Analogue Scale task, and foreign language proficiency was assessed via an English vocabulary test. Possible sources of gradiency included domain-general auditory acuity, overall exposure to spoken language (indexed by age), and exposure to phonological diversity. Control measures were collected to account for variables such as phoneme categorization consistency, working memory, and musical training. The results revealed a positive link between L1 speech gradiency and vocabulary acquisition in a foreign language over and above all other variables. L1 speech gradiency itself was predicted by domain-general auditory acuity and overall exposure to spoken language. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors thank Alexandra Kypta-Vivanco for help with data collection and Candice Frances for providing the script for the Corsi task. This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 793919, awarded to Efthymia Kapnoula. Support for this project was provided by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through Grant # PID2020-113348GB-I00, awarded to Arthur Samuel and Efthymia Kapnoula. This work was supported by the Basque Government through the BERC 2018–2021 and BERC 2022–2025 programs and by the Spanish State Research Agency through the BCBL Severo Ochoa excellence accreditation SEV-2015-0490 and CEX2020-001010-S.
The handling editor for this manuscript was Sarah Grey. | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | WILEY | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/MSCA/793919 | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/PID2020-113348GB-I00 | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/GV/BERC2018-2021 | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/GV/BERC2022-2025 | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/SEV-2015-0490 | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/CEX2020-001010-S | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess | es_ES |
dc.subject | Speech perception | es_ES |
dc.subject | individual differences | es_ES |
dc.subject | foreign language learning | es_ES |
dc.subject | auditory processing | es_ES |
dc.subject | second language learning | es_ES |
dc.title | Sensitivity to Subphonemic Differencesin First Language Predicts Vocabulary Sizein a Foreign Language | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | © 2024 Language Learning Research Club, University of Michigan. | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679922 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/lang.12650 | |