Word stress errors discriminate between L2 learners of all comprehensibility levels¶
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q3 i? Word stress errors discriminated between learners of all comprehensibility levels, unlike measures that operated only at low or high levels. → Talia Isaacs and Pavel Trofimovich 2012
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Talia Isaacs and Pavel Trofimovich 2012¶
Talia Isaacs and Pavel Trofimovich. (2012). DECONSTRUCTING COMPREHENSIBILITY: Identifying the Linguistic Influences on Listeners' L2 Comprehensibility Ratings. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Volume 34, Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263112000150
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From the same triangulated analysis of listener ratings of 40 French L2 speakers, the article reports that "word stress errors discriminated between learners of all levels," making word stress the only measure reported as level-general.
"Lexical richness and fluency measures differentiated between low-level learners; grammatical and discourse-level measures differentiated between high-level learners; and word stress errors discriminated between learners of all levels."
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Related Claims¶
- Five speech measures clearly distinguish L2 learners at different comprehensibility levels after data triangulation — a broader claim this one bears on
- Grammatical and discourse-level measures differentiate between high-level L2 learners' comprehensibility — related
- Lexical richness and fluency measures differentiate between low-level L2 learners' comprehensibility — related
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Word stress errors discriminate between L2 learners of all comprehensibility levels |
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Word stress errors discriminate between L2 learners of all comprehensibility levels |
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