#3654. Simultaneous bilingualism and speech style as predictors of variation in allophone production: Evidence from Finland-Swedish

October 2026publication date
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Abstract:
This study investigates cross-linguistic transfer in the production of long mid front vowels by simultaneous bilingual speakers. Combining approaches from sociophonetic and bilingual transfer research, the study used acoustic analysis to compare the height and fronting produced by bilingual and monolingual speakers in three different speech styles on a continuum of formality. The data from 115 participants are stratified according to language background, speech style, region, and age. The statistical analysis indicates increased overlap the vowel spaces of bilingual speakers, particularly in informal speech. The results suggest a potential effect of transfer on the distinction of the phonetic variants in simultaneous bilinguals, as well as demonstrate the importance of considering speech style in bilingual transfer research.
Keywords:
Acoustic analysis; Bilingual transfer; Sociophonetics; Speech style; Vowel production

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