Hong Kong Cantonese L4 Learners' Oral Production of German: Towards the Analysis of Consonant Production
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In this study we compare the consonantal production of L4 learners (level A1+B2) with the expected canonical pronunciation and the pronunciation of a German L1 control group. The L4 speakers’ source languages are Hong Kong Cantonese (HKC) L1, Hong Kong English (HKE) L2 and Putonghua/Mandarin (P) L3. Due to major disparities across the typologically distant language pair Cantonese and German, and due to interaction with L2, the question of phonetic deviations and partial transfer from L1 and L2 is addressed. Data were gathered from eleven adult Cantonese learners reading German texts, together with that of an L1 control group. The analysis reveals various typical consonantal deviations from the underlying canonical form, as well as contexts where L1+L2 transfer effects are identified on phonetic, phonological and phonotactic levels.
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