Perceptual assimilation of Tashlhiyt consonants by Spanish-dominant bilinguals

Lucrecia Rallo Fabra; Mustapha Achichaou; Michael D. Tyler

Perceptual assimilation of Tashlhiyt consonants by Spanish-dominant bilinguals

Lucrecia Rallo Fabra
, Mustapha Achichaou
, Michael D. Tyler

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Tashlhiyt is a variety of Tamazight, an Afro-Asiatic Language spoken mostly in Southern Morocco. In the present study, we investigate categorization of Tashlhiyt consonants by a group of Spanish-dominant bilinguals with no experience in that language. The task consisted of a perceptual assimilation task followed by goodness ratings. Overall, listeners categorized quite consistently the Tashlhiyt consonants with a Spanish counterpart. Pharyngeal and aryepiglottal consonants were mostly uncategorized, with two or more Spanish categories selected above chance, which led to perceptual overlap between various Tashlhiyt consonants. The results allow predictions of discriminability to be made, based on the Perceptual Assimilation Model (Best, 1994, 1995), and add to the existing research on categorization of nonnative phones.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Propuestas en Fonética Experimental: Enfoques Metodológicos y Nuevas Tecnologías
Editors	Beatriz Blecua, Jordi Cicres, Marina Espejel, María J. Machuca
Place of Publication	Spain
Publisher	Universitat de Girona-Servei de Publicacions
Pages	229-233
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9788484585909
Publication status	Published - 2022

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Rallo Fabra, Lucrecia ; Achichaou, Mustapha ; Tyler, Michael D. / Perceptual assimilation of Tashlhiyt consonants by Spanish-dominant bilinguals. Propuestas en Fonética Experimental: Enfoques Metodológicos y Nuevas Tecnologías. editor / Beatriz Blecua ; Jordi Cicres ; Marina Espejel ; María J. Machuca. Spain : Universitat de Girona-Servei de Publicacions, 2022. pp. 229-233

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Perceptual assimilation of Tashlhiyt consonants by Spanish-dominant bilinguals. / Rallo Fabra, Lucrecia; Achichaou, Mustapha; Tyler, Michael D.
Propuestas en Fonética Experimental: Enfoques Metodológicos y Nuevas Tecnologías. ed. / Beatriz Blecua; Jordi Cicres; Marina Espejel; María J. Machuca. Spain: Universitat de Girona-Servei de Publicacions, 2022. p. 229-233.

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