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TY - JOUR
T1 - Implicit Learning of L2 Stress Regularities
AU - Chan, Ka Wai
AU - Leung, Janny H. C.
PY - 2014/10
Y1 - 2014/10
N2 - This article reports an experiment on the implicit learning of second language stress regularities, and presents a methodological innovation on awareness measurement. After practising two-syllable Spanish words, native Cantonese speakers with English as a second language (L2) completed a judgement task. Critical items differed only in placement of stress. We assessed participants’ awareness of the hidden stress regularities by verbal reports and a novel methodology: inclusion– exclusion production tasks adapted from Jacoby (1991) and from Destrebecqz and Cleeremans (2001). Participants who remained unaware of the underlying regularities nevertheless performed significantly above chance in identifying correctly pronounced novel words. We conclude that L2 word stress regularities may be learnt implicitly.
AB - This article reports an experiment on the implicit learning of second language stress regularities, and presents a methodological innovation on awareness measurement. After practising two-syllable Spanish words, native Cantonese speakers with English as a second language (L2) completed a judgement task. Critical items differed only in placement of stress. We assessed participants’ awareness of the hidden stress regularities by verbal reports and a novel methodology: inclusion– exclusion production tasks adapted from Jacoby (1991) and from Destrebecqz and Cleeremans (2001). Participants who remained unaware of the underlying regularities nevertheless performed significantly above chance in identifying correctly pronounced novel words. We conclude that L2 word stress regularities may be learnt implicitly.
KW - implicit learning
KW - process dissociation procedure
KW - Spanish
KW - stress regularities
U2 - 10.1177/0267658313510169
DO - 10.1177/0267658313510169
M3 - Journal article
VL - 30
SP - 463
EP - 484
JO - Second Language Research
JF - Second Language Research
SN - 0267-6583
IS - 4
ER -