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INTRODUCTION
Many studies have investigated prosodic disambiguation in first
language (L1) production (Allbritton, McKoon, & Ratcliff, 1996;
Kraljic & Brennan, 2005; Lehiste, 1973; Lehiste, Olive, & Streeter,
1976; Schafer,Speer,Wa訂en , & White, 2000; Snedeker & Trueswell,
2003); however, few studies have addressed the issue of prosodic
disambiguation in second language (L2) (Hwang & Schafer, 2006;
Zhang, Li, Lo, & Meng, 2010). In addition, L2 studies have focused
exclusively on L2 learners' perception of prosodic disambiguation.
Therefore,to further understand L2 prosodic disambiguation,it is also
important to explore how L2 learners produce prosodic cues to
express appropriate meanings. Secondly, given the role of L2
proficiency level in L2 prosodic production (cf. Riazantseva, 2001),
L2 proficiency levels may a旺ect L2 learners' production of prosodic
disambiguation. Thus,these two concerns motivated the present study,
which examined whether limited and advanced English learners in Taiwan can produce prosodic cues to disambiguate syntactically ambiguous English sentences while reading them aloud. With the
findings indicated from the study, it is hoped that the relationship
between syntax and prosody of English education in Taiwan can be paid more attention to and then be more effective and efficient through explicit instruction.
Prosodic boundaries born by pauses, rhythm changes, or pitch
movements within an utterance are crucial to signaling its syntactic
break (Cooper & Paccia-Cooper, 1980; Klatt, 1975; Meng, Tseng,
Kondo, Harrison, & Viscelg間, 2009). Lehiste (1996) proposed the
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Furthermore,some methodologies require speakers to pay much more
computational attention when uttering ambiguous sentences whereas other methodologies did not require such effort from the speaker's part. Since methodologies profoundly affect the research on the
relationship between prosody and syntax, it is more feasible to
examine use of prosodic disambiguation in conditions where
production of prosodic cues is needed, such as reading aloud task at
sentence level.
PROSODYINSECONDLANGUAGE
Relatively, few studies have tackled the prosody in second
language (L2). One such study using a narrative topic and a cartoon
description, Riazantseva (2001) examined the relationship between
second language proficiency and pausing patterns in the speech of Russian-speaking learners of English. She found that L2 English proficiency affected the pause duration of intermediate and advanced
learners. Specifically, the advanced learners were more capable of
adjusting the duration of pauses in English to produce a nativelike
pause nonn. However, in this study, the author did not indicate
whether the pauses made by the L2 learners accorded with prosodic boundaries which signaled the syntactic structures of utterances in
their speech elicited. Moreover, Riazantseva did not deal with the
issue of prosodic disambiguation occurring in L2 learners' speech.
To realize effects of prosodic disambiguation on L2 learners,
the existing literature has focused specifically on how L2 learners
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the subjects, such as indicated in (5).
(5) Context 1: Fred and John are arguing. They both want Mary
to be on their team. The fight is over Mary.
Context2: Mary doesn't know why everyone else has already
left theboxing 缸ena. The fight is over,Mary.
Upon hearing the speech recording, in which the prosodic cues
could serve to disambiguate between the possible semantic meanings,
each subject was asked to select the appropriate interpretation for the
sentence or select the option “I don't know." The accuracies ranged
from 4% to 83%. The authors argued that their subjects may generally be unaware of how pausing and intonational phrasing were used for
semantic disambiguation, or they were unable to perceive the relevant
prosodic realizations. Given that this study did not specify that all
Chinese subjects were at the same English proficiency level, the
distinctly different accuracies found may be a result of various
English proficiency levels. In other words, English proficiency level
is likely to correlate with perception accuracies on choosing the appropriate meaning for each sentence.
In spite of the inconsistent findings from the studies discussed
above, an individual's L2 English proficiency may be a factor that
affects his/her prosody use in L2 production and perception. The
present study would address the variable proficiency when
investigating prosodic disambiguation in L2 learners' speech
production.
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Table 1
Two Possible Interpretations for Each Sentence
Sentence 2 3 4 5 6 7 Interpretation Context 1. Only the dogs were little.
The little dogs and cats chased a ball. 2. Both the dogs and cats were little.
The little dogs and cats chased a ball. 1. Only the forks were silver.
The silver forks and spoons dropped from the table. 2. Both the forks and spoons were silver.
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1. Only the boys were fat.
The fat boys and girls ran on the playground. 2. Both the boys and girls were fat
The fat boys and girls ran on the playground.
1. Only the hats were pink
The pink hats and shoes attracted lots of attention. 2. Both the hats and shoes were pink
The pink hats and shoes attracted lots of attention. 1. Only the fans were excited.
The excited fans and reporters approached the movie star.
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1. Only the cups were round.
The round cups and vases broke in the earthquake. 2. Both the cups and vases were round
The round cups and vases broke in the earthquake. 1. Only the butterflies were beautiful.
The beautiful butterflies and bees flied around the flowers. 2. Both the butterflies and bees were beautiful.
The beautiful butterflies and bees flied around the flowers.
Procedure and Data Analyses
All subjects in the study were recorded individually. Before
fonnal recordings, they were provided with the materials as shown in
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for Interpretation Context 1 and Context 2
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RESULTS
Table 2 provides an overview of the three subject groups' percentages of the pause duration of Boundaries 1 and 2 within each utterance for the two interpretation contexts. To determine whether there were any differences in uttering the intended meaning for each
ambiguous sentence between different groups, a series of two-way
(2 x 3) ANOVAs with repeated measures were computed for the two
interpretation contexts. In addition,the factor boundary (Boundary 1
and 2) was the within-subjects factor and group (NES, LEPL, and
AEL) was the between-subjects factor.
Table 3 shows ANOVA results of the between-groups analyses
for the two interpretation contexts. For Interpretation Context 1, the
results showed that there was a significant effect of boundary,F
(1,1
8)=
76.95,p < .001 , η2=
.810,a significant effect of group,F (2,1
8)=
27.67,p < .001 , η2
=
.755,as well as a significant effect of interactionbetween boundary and group,F (2,18)
=
37.67,p < .001 , η2=
.807.The analysis of Interpretation Context 2 revealed a significant effect
of boundary,F (1,18)
=
82.28,p < .001 , η2=
.820,a significant effectof group, F (2,18) = 143.61,p < .001 , η2 = .941, and a significant
interaction of boundary and group, F (2,18)
=
56.74,p < .001 , η2=
.863. Since our results indicated a significant effect of group factorand also a significant interaction with the factor group for both
Contexts 1 and 2, we continued to analyze the data from the three
Yang: A Preliminary Study of Prosodic Disambiguation in L2 Production
Table 2
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Native English Speakers. For the NBS data, we conducted
ANOVAs with repeated measures for Contexts 1 祖d 2 with the factor
boundary as the within-subjects factor. The analysis of the pause duration for Context 1 showed that Boundary 1 was shorter than Boundary 2 by
3.50% of the utterance,resulting in a significante旺ectof boundary,F (1,
6)
=
12.62, p < .05 , η2=
.678. For Context 2, Boundary 1 was longerthan Boundary 2 by 1.61% of the utterance, resulting in a significant
e旺'ectofboundary,F (1,6)=21.07, p <.01 , η2 =.778.
The results from our native English speakers replicate Lehiste's
(1973) findings. Like Lehiste, we found that the native speakers in
our study made an effort to use alterations of the prosodic grouping to convey the appropriate meaning for each ambiguous sentence when
no other means were available. That is,they produced a longer pause
of Boundary 2,as compared to that of Boundary 1,expressing that the
adjective modifies only the noun immediately following after it. On
the other hand,the pause of Boundary 1 was longer relative to that of
Boundary 2, reflecting the fact that the adjective modifies both the
two nouns after it. The results support the Informative Boundary
Hypothesis that
“
interpretation of a prosodic boundary is determinednot by its absolute size but by its size relative to relevant certain other
boundaries" (Clifton et a1. 2002,p. 87).
L2 English Learners. First, from the LEPL data, results of an
ANOVA with repeated measures proved no significant effects of
boundary for Contexts 1 and 2 respectively. More specifically,
Boundary 1 was longer than Boundary 2 only by 0.56% of the
utterance for Context 1, F (1, 6) = .50,p = .51, and Boundary 1 was
shorter than Boundary 2 only by 0.17% of the utterance for Context 2,
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Second,as indicated from the AEL data, the analysis of pause
duration demonstrated a significant e旺ect of boundary for both
Contexts 1 and 2. That is,for Context 1,Boundary 1 was shorter than
Boundary 2 by 9.23% of the utterance,F (1, 6)
=
256.99,p <.001 , ηZ=
.977. For Context 2, Boundary 1 was longer than Boundary 2 by10.62% of the utterance,F (1, 6) = 116.67,P < .001 , η2 = .951. The
results suggested that like the native speakers, the advanced English
learners used distinguished pauses to categorize the syntactic grouping of an ambiguous utterance when expressing its alternative
mte叩retatIOn.
In sum, as Figure 3 shows, differences between the pause
duration of Boundaries 1 and 2 for Contexts 1 and 2 by the native
speakers were significant,indicating that they reliably used prosodic
cues to disambiguate syntactically ambiguous utterances. Like the
native speakers, the advanced English learners also produced
significant differences between Boundaries 1 and 2. More
interesting旬, the pause duration differences the advanced learners made were more distinguishable than those by the native speakers.
Finally, the limited English learners did not create a significant
difference tendency in the pause duration of Boundaries I and 2 for
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DISCUSSION AND PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
(a)
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to
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The pu中oses of the present study
whether Taiwanese English learners reliably use prosodic cues to disambiguate syntactically ambiguous sentences when reading them
aloud, and (b) whether English proficiency level leads to different
prosodic behavior patterns. The main results of this reading aloud task
at sentence level can be summarized as follows: (1) both native
speakers and advanced English learners reliably produced prosodic boundaries to convey the intended meaning of an utterance when
informed the ambiguous points in advance; furthermore,the prosodic
boundaries made by advanced learners were more distinguishable
than those by native speakers, (2) limited English learners did not
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create prosodic phrasing effects in such a reading aloud condition,
and (3) English proficiency level did lead to different prosodic
behavior patterns.
Reliable Use of Prosodic Disambiguation by Informed Native Speakers
Prior studies have consistently indicated that informed native speakers are able to properly express the intended meaning of an ambiguous utterance by altering intonational phrasing. Based on the
prior research, Snedeker and Trueswell (2003) claimed that speakers
of a language share certain implicit knowledge about the relationship
between prosody and syntax? They argued, however, that speakers
do not necessarily use such implicit knowledge to produce prosodic boundaries to disambiguate syntactically ambiguous sentences. On
the contrary,the production of prosodic disambiguation relies mainly
on the fact that speakers know the ambiguity situation and think it is
needed. For example, if speakers are aware of the alternative
meanings of an ambiguous utterance, they might think of prosodic
means as needed. Or if no other means other than prosodic means are
available for syntactic disambiguation, speakers might consciously
produce prosodic boundaries. In this sense, use of prosodic
disambiguation in spoken language may occur under certain specific cIrcumstances.
To replicate the findings that informed native speakers reliably
use prosodic cues to disambiguate ambiguous utterances,we provided
3 According to Ellis(2008),implicit knowledge about a language takes place as a
result of children acquiring the language by engaging with their caretakers in natural meaningful communication
Yang: A Preliminary Study of Prosodic Disambiguation in L2 Production our native speakers with the possible meanings of an ambiguous utterance and enough time to prepare for the reading aloud task before
starting formal recordings. Like Lehiste (1973) and Allbritton et al.
(1996), we found that our native speakers showed prosodic phrasing
effects on syntactic disambiguation. Speci日cally, since the subjects
were informed of the ambiguities and had enough time to monitor the
reading aloud task at sentence level, they realized that they must
effectively lengthen a critical boundary so as to reflect the syntactic structure of an ambiguous utterance. These results provide evidence that our native speakers not only had some implicit knowledge about the relationship between prosody and syntax but they were also capable of using such implicit knowledge to disambiguate ambiguous utterances through prosodic grouping.
In summary, under the conditions where the ambiguities were
first pointed out in advance and when no other information was
available for syntactic disambiguation, the native speakers in our
study reliably conveyed the intended interpretation of an ambiguous utterance through prosodic cues or boundaries.
Developmental Stage of L2 Prosody
Previous studies have shown that L2 proficiency level is a
factor in the prosody of L2 production and perception. Inother words,
there is a developmental stage of L2 prosody. Such a developmental
stage is further justified by the present study. More specifically, like
native speakers, advanced learners could alter prosodic boundaries to
express the appropriate meaning for an ambiguous utterance. On the
other hand, limited learners behaved differently from native speakers
in that they were unable to produce prosodic boundaries.
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First of all,when advanced learners wanted to read aloud the
meaning of which the adjective modified only the noun immediately
following 泣, they lengthened Boundary 2. By contrast, when they
read aloud the interpretation of which the adjective modified both the
two nouns after it, they lengthened Boundary 1. This suggests that
advanced learners, like native speakers, owned some knowledge
about the relationship between prosody and syntax in English.
Furthermore,they definitely made effective use of the knowledge to
produce prosodic cues to syntactic disambiguation.
It is interesting to find, however, that advanced learners used
more distinguished pause durations to produce prosodic boundaries
than native speakers. For Interpretation Context 1, the size of
boundary effect 切 2
=
.977) for advanced learners was bigger thanthat 切 2
=
.678) for native speakers. Also,for Interpretation Context 2,the effect size (η2
=
.951) for advanced learners was bigger than that(η2
=
.778) for native speakers. The findings reveal that advancedlearners' knowledge about the relationship between prosody and
syntax in English was explicit,rather than implicit.
As mentioned previously, our advanced learners received
Chinese language schooling up until their university years. They were unlikely to acquire knowledge about the relationship between prosody and syntax in English by engaging with their caretakers in natural
meaningful communication when they were young. In other words,
unlike native speakers, these advanced learners learned the
knowledge explicitly rather than implicitly. In general, explicit
learning involves attention and draws on the conscious monitoring of
the behavior to be acquired or retrieved (Destrebecqz & Cleermans,
Yang: A Preliminary Study of Prosodic Disambiguation in L2 Production
Willingham, 2001). Thus, it is very possible that explicit learning
made advanced learners overproduce prosodic boundaries when they struggled to express the appropriate meaning of an ambiguous utterance. The possibility provides a reason why advanced learners
used more distinguished prosodic boundaries to resolve the
ambiguities than native speakers when reading them aloud.
Next, limited learne時, unlike native speakers, did not show
prosodic disambiguation when reading aloud the ambiguities. There are three possibilities to explicate the learners' prosodic behaviors. The first possibility is that they had not yet succeeded in learning concepts of the syntactic structure of an utterance or sentence.
Therefore, these learners did not know how to capitalize on prosodic
cues to syntactic disambiguation. The second is that even if they had
learned concepts of the syntactic structure of an utterance, they did
not have knowledge about the relationship between prosody and
syntax in English. Thus, the fact that prosodic features can help
clarify the syntactic structure of an utterance was a completely strange concept to them. The last possibility is that even if they had such
declarative knowledge, their declarative knowledge could not
successfully be converted into procedural knowledge. They,therefore,
failed to produce prosodic boundaries. Regardless of which
possibility led to the prosodic behaviors of limited learners, limited
English proficiency was doubtless a cause for their failure.
From the perspective of a developmental stage in second
language acquisition, it was predicted that advanced learners can
behave in a way more similar to native speakers than limited
learners could. The present study supported this prediction,which in
tum further implied the presence of a developmental stage of L2
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prosodic disambiguation production.
Explicit Instruction of Syntax and Prosody
The failure to use prosodic boundaries for an ambiguous
utterance impedes successful communication. Therefore,it is of prime
importance that English learners have the abilities of perceiving and producing L2 English suprasegmental features. The findings obtained in the present study provide pedagogical implications of English
education in Taiwan. First,it is necessary to enhance explicit teaching
of what syntactic structures or constituents are, such as verb phrases,
noun phrases, and prepositional phrases. This is an initial step to
cultivate knowledge about the relationship between prosody and
syntax. Selkirk (1984) indicated that syntax is the mediation of sound
and meaning.
Moreover, it is important for English teachers in Taiwan to
explicitly execute pronunciation training in terms of knowledge,
perception, and production of suprasegmental features such as
duration, stress, pitch, and intonation contour. The best way of
pronunciation training is to expose learners to native
English-speaking environments. However, it may not always be
feasible to create such environments in English classrooms. As for
this problem, Meng et al. (2009) and Zhang et al. (2010) suggested
that computer-aided language learning (CALL) platform may be a good alternative to native English-speaking environments. This is
because CALL is not restricted to any occasions and places. In brief,
explicit instruction is essential to English learners developing English
suprasegmental features, and further effectively perceiving and
Yang: A Preliminary Study of Prosodic Disambiguation in L2 Production
LIMITATIONS AND CONCLUSION
The present study is an initial attempt to explore production of
L2 prosodic disambiguation; nevertheless, it has several limitations.
For instance, to avoid overloading the cognitive resources of limited
English learners, the syntactically ambiguous utterances tested here
are less complicated and difficult,的 comparedto other types such as
“The shooting of the hunters was terrible," which involved genitive
ambiguity (Katz & Fodor, 1964,used in Lehiste, 1973). One possible
semantic interpretation of the genitive ambiguous utterance is that the hunters were terribly shot; the other is that the hunters made terrible
shooting. Next, since it is more uncertain to elicit the data needed
from spontaneous speech, reading aloud is the last resort to
investigating L2 learners' production of prosodic disambiguation.
Thirdly, owing to lack of English learners at elementary and
intermediate level,the findings obtained here cannot provide a more
comprehensive evidence for a developmental stage of prosodic
disambiguation in L2 production. Finally,the results from this small
sample size could only provide a tentative conclusion. Further research on production of L2 prosodic disambiguation is clearly needed.
In conclusion, our results showed that when informed of the
ambiguities in advance, native speakers could produce prosodic
boundaries to categorize the syntactic structure of an ambiguous
utterance in the reading aloud task at sentence level.The finding gives
credence to the argument that informative prosodic boundaries rely on conditions where speakers think the informative prosodic boundaries are needed. Advanced learners were able to adjust the pauses of
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critical boundaries to produce a nativelike prosodic disambiguation
norm, whereas limited learners were not able to. This supports a
developmental stage of L2 English prosody.
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Pi-Lan Yang is an associate professor of the Foreign Languages Education Center at National Kaohsiung Marine University. Her
research interests are second language acquisition, syntax, and
psycholinguistics.
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