Unraveling the contributions of prosodic patterns and individual traits on cross-linguistic perception of Spanish sentence modality.

ABSTRACT: Cross-linguistic perception is known to be molded by native and second language (L2) experiences. Yet, the role of prosodic patterns and individual characteristics on how speakers of tonal languages perceive L2 Spanish sentence modalities remains relatively underexplored. This study addresses the gap by analyzing the auditory performance of 75 Mandarin speakers with varying levels of Spanish proficiency. The experiment consisted of four parts: the first three collected sociolinguistic profiles and assessed participants' pragmatic competence and musical abilities. The last part involved an auditory gating task, where participants were asked to identify Spanish broad focus statements and information-seeking yes/no questions with different stress patterns. Results indicated that the shape of

SUBMITTER: Shang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10903904 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature