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3 - Phonological Transfer in Heritage Japanese in Australia

L1 and L2 Comparisons, and Literacy and Community Contributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2024

By
Kaya Oriyama
Edited by
Rajiv Rao
Rajiv Rao
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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This study addresses the following questions: (1) What kind of unique phonological characteristics do heritage Japanese learners share? (2) Does L1 or L2 Japanese share these characteristics? (3) Do these characteristics correspond in oral and written production? (4) What could affect phonological transfer? Longitudinal/cross-sectional data to identify phonological transfer from English to heritage Japanese were collected from diary entries/compositions as well as oral and written tests by heritage Japanese learners growing up in Australia, compositions and written tests by Japanese monolinguals in Japan, and essay translations by L1 English speakers learning Japanese as an L2 in Australia. Possible phonological transfer features in heritage Japanese were examined to see if they occur in the L1 and L2. Correspondences between oral and written transfer features were also investigated, and quantitative analyses examined factors associated with phonological transfer. Findings indicate that phonological transfer is acquisitional, possibly influenced by literacy, the mental lexicon, and both sociocultural and individual factors.

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Australiacommunityheritage Japaneseliteracymental lexiconphonological transferwriting
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The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages , pp. 63 - 83
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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