The ultrasound study of /ɹ/ in non-native speakers
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The study examines articulatory properties of the English rhotic when produced by 5 speakers of English as a Second Language born and raised in Poland. Although Polish has a rhotic in its phonemic inventory, auditorily it is different enough for the speakers to try to approximate a non-native retroflex or bunched /ɹ/ when speaking English. The quantitative results from ultrasound imaging show an array of tongue shapes and positions when producing this foreign sound. The general tendency is to produce retroflex-like /ɹ/ regardless of sex, age, time of emigration or the type of formal instruction received in ESL classes.
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