A significant amount of research has demonstrated a connection between speech perception and speech production. During first language (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition, there is a non-trivial connection between how learners perceive sounds and how they produce them. However, the connection is not straightforward: improved perception does not automatically indicate improved production. Learners can also produce contrasts that they do not perceive well, and they can perceive contrasts that they cannot produce. Further, the connection between perception and production changes depending on the learner's stage of acquisition. The non-simplistic manner in which perception and production are linked in acquisition creates theoretical and practical issues that need to be better understood to advance research and practice around language acquisition.
The goal of this Research Topic is to explore the perception-production link in both L1 and L2 acquisition to better understand how the link influences acquisition. While there is generally a correlation between perception and production, there also often are inconsistencies. For example, learners may be able to clearly distinguish a contrast between two segments, yet not produce any measurable differences between the two segments. In other cases, learners may produce a measurable difference between segments, but not be able to perceive the contrast. How and why should things like this happen? What is the nature of the perception-production link, and how does it play a role in language acquisition?
The scope of this Topic is relatively broad and encompasses L1 and L2 acquisition. The goal is to better understand the perception-production link and, as such, elicit contributions that examine how perception influences production and how production influences perception. We specifically invite contributions that
• examine the nature of the link between perception and production;
• examine mismatches in the perception-production link and their causes;
• examine differences or similarities in how perception and production influence L1 and L2 language acquisition;
• address whether, or to what degree, either perception or production leads the other in language acquisition.
Studies should include acoustic/articulatory and perceptual data, but the nature of that data is relatively free. Neurolinguistic data are also welcome.
Keywords:
perception-production link, language acquisition, phonetics
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
A significant amount of research has demonstrated a connection between speech perception and speech production. During first language (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition, there is a non-trivial connection between how learners perceive sounds and how they produce them. However, the connection is not straightforward: improved perception does not automatically indicate improved production. Learners can also produce contrasts that they do not perceive well, and they can perceive contrasts that they cannot produce. Further, the connection between perception and production changes depending on the learner's stage of acquisition. The non-simplistic manner in which perception and production are linked in acquisition creates theoretical and practical issues that need to be better understood to advance research and practice around language acquisition.
The goal of this Research Topic is to explore the perception-production link in both L1 and L2 acquisition to better understand how the link influences acquisition. While there is generally a correlation between perception and production, there also often are inconsistencies. For example, learners may be able to clearly distinguish a contrast between two segments, yet not produce any measurable differences between the two segments. In other cases, learners may produce a measurable difference between segments, but not be able to perceive the contrast. How and why should things like this happen? What is the nature of the perception-production link, and how does it play a role in language acquisition?
The scope of this Topic is relatively broad and encompasses L1 and L2 acquisition. The goal is to better understand the perception-production link and, as such, elicit contributions that examine how perception influences production and how production influences perception. We specifically invite contributions that
• examine the nature of the link between perception and production;
• examine mismatches in the perception-production link and their causes;
• examine differences or similarities in how perception and production influence L1 and L2 language acquisition;
• address whether, or to what degree, either perception or production leads the other in language acquisition.
Studies should include acoustic/articulatory and perceptual data, but the nature of that data is relatively free. Neurolinguistic data are also welcome.
Keywords:
perception-production link, language acquisition, phonetics
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.