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The impact of code-switching, language context, and language dominance on suprasegmental phonetics: Evidence for the role of predictability
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The international journal of bilingualism : cross-disciplinary, cross-linguistic studies of language behavior, 2016-08, Vol.20 (4), p.453-472
Ort / Verlag
London, England: SAGE Publications
Erscheinungsjahr
2016
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Purpose:
The present study investigates the suprasegmental reflexes of code-switching, considering both language context (i.e., language mode) and language dominance.
Design:
To this end, an experimental oral production paradigm was administered to 14 Spanish-English bilinguals, comparing code-switched to non-switched productions and varying both context (monolingual or bilingual) and response language (dominant or non-dominant).
Data and Analysis:
Productions were analyzed for two suprasegmental features: pitch height and stressed vowel duration.
Conclusions:
Results indicate a significant effect of code-switching on suprasegmental production, with code-switched tokens produced with overall greater pitch movement and duration relative to non-switched tokens. These effects, however, were modulated by both language context and language dominance.
Originality:
Given the relation of prosody to cognitive factors, this novel approach to the suprasegmental features of code-switching, specifically considering language dominance and context, provides a unique opportunity to further the understanding of the underlying language switching process.
Significance:
These findings are addressed within a theoretical framework of predictability and hyper-articulation, and it is suggested that the suprasegmental realizations of code-switched tokens correspond to a degree of contextually driven predictability.