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The Role Of First Language Accent On German Vowel Perception, Erik Arnold, Laura Catharine Smith
The Role Of First Language Accent On German Vowel Perception, Erik Arnold, Laura Catharine Smith
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The role of accent in second language (L2) production and perception has been acknowledged by researchers, but generally only in the sense of limiting their subjects to a specific dialect region to avoid any dialect influence on their results. Some studies have, however, investigated the role of first language accent in L2 production, i.e., pronunciation (Smith & Baker, 2010; Baker & Smith, 2010; O’Brien & Smith, 2010). These studies demonstrate that first language (L1) accent can indeed affect L2 production. The role of the accent to which learners are exposed has also been shown to impact L2 production (Smith, 2010; …