#3653. Phonetic convergence across dialect boundaries in first and second language speakers

October 2026publication date
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Speech and Hearing;
Linguistics and Language;
Language and Linguistics;
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Abstract:
This study asks whether first and second language speakers would converge equally across dialect boundaries. These realizations were compared to the participants’ baseline productions in a word reading task. Second language speakers converged across more variables than did first language speakers, and all accommodated more to the proposed model. There was a minimal effect of speaker exposure to dialect, which was conceptualized as residence experience. We argue that these findings speak to second language speakers’ relative convergence flexibility in comparison with first language speakers. We explain other model, variable, and exposure effects through relative status differences between the two language varieties.
Keywords:
Accommodation; Bilingualism; Phonetic convergence; Second language speakers; Shadowing task

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