探索起始年龄和语言输入量对中国欠发达农村地区英语学习者语音技能的影响
The Effects of Age of Onset and Language Input on the Phonological Skills of English Learners in an Under-Developed Rural Area of China
摘要: 起始年龄和语言输入量对外语学习者语音习得的影响备受国内外研究者的关注，但国内的相关实证研究还比较缺乏。本研究旨在探索起始年龄和语言输入量对我国欠发达农村地区英语学习者语音技能的影响，重点探究这两个因素对欠发达农村地区的英语学习者在元音和辅音、省音与同化、连读、停顿与节奏、语调和重音产出过程中的影响。研究结果显示起始年龄对英语学习者的语音技能有影响，晚学者的英语语音技能好于早学者，与关键期假设的预测相反；结果还显示了年龄与输入量的交互效应。输入量大的晚学者在英语语音技能上优于早学者和输入量小的晚学者，而输入量对早学者则没有影响。因此，在我国欠发达农村地区晚学者在英语语音学习上比早学者更有优势。
Abstract: The effects of age of onset and language input on L2 phonological learning have long attracted the attention of researchers both at home and abroad, but empirical studies tapping into this problem are insufficient in China. This study sets out to explore the effects of age of onset and language input on the phonological skills of English learners in an under-developed rural area of China, focusing on the effects of these two factors on vowels and consonants, elision and assimilation, liaison, pause and rhythm, intonation, and stress. This study finds that age of onset affects the phonological skills of English learners in that late learners are better than early learners in English phonological skills, which is contrary to the predictions of the Critical Period Hypothesis. This study also finds an interaction effect of age of onset and language input on the phonological skills of English learners. Late learners with more language input are better than early learners as well as late learners with less language input in phonological skills, while there is no effect of language input on early learners. Therefore, late learners are advantageous over early learners on English phonological learning in the under-developed rural area of China.
文章引用：李红, 隋海兵, 孟娟, 郭萌, 李澜涛. 探索起始年龄和语言输入量对中国欠发达农村地区英语学习者语音技能的影响[J]. 现代语言学, 2018, 6(2): 265-272. https://doi.org/10.12677/ML.2018.62033

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