Abstract
The direction of cross-linguistic influence (CLI) of phonological features among L1, L2, and L3 of a multilingual depends indispensably on the proficiency levels of the L2 and the L3. Cantonese speakers in Guangdong Province have Mandarin as an L2 and English as an L3, while Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong have English as an L2 and Mandarin as an L3. This study aims to examine the CLI of Cantonese multilinguals’ Mandarin pitch span and the existence of the neutral tone on the pitch of stressed syllables and the duration of unstressed syllables in their English utterances. The study analyzed English and Mandarin speech data collected from 18 Cantonese multilinguals from Hong Kong and Guangdong Province. The results revealed progressive and regressive phonological CLI across the three languages spoken by the Cantonese multilinguals with different L2 and L3 proficiency levels. Copyright © 2023 John Benjamins Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | L3 development after the initial state |
| Editors | Megan M. BROWN-BOUSFIELD, Suzanne FLYNN, Éva FERNÁNDEZ-BERKES |
| Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Pages | 96-120 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789027249258 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789027214362 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Citation
Han, Q., Tian, J. X., & Chen, H. C. (2023). L3 prosody: Cross-linguistic influence of prosodic features in Mandarin and English by Cantonese multilinguals. In M. M. Brown-Bousfield, S. Flynn, & É. Fernández-Berkes (Eds.), L3 development after the initial state (pp. 96-120). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.65.05hanKeywords
- Pronunciation learning
- L2 phonology
- Multilingualism
- Cross-linguistic influence
- Prosody