Core Prosodic Features for the teaching of Spanish prosody to speakers of Swedish. (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aronsson, Berit
• Is Part Of: Journal of Spanish language teaching. Volume 3:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 44
• Page End: 56
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: L2 prosody -- Spanish language teaching -- L2 teaching; prosodia en una L2 -- enseñanza del español como L2 -- didáctica de una L2; Spanish language -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 468
• DOI: 10.1080/23247797.2016.1166881
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2324-7797

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Based on previous research, this paper aims to provide the first steps towards a model for the teaching of Spanish prosody to Swedish learners by identifying main prosodic characteristics, referred to as Core Prosodic Features (CPFs), for the teaching of Spanish in a Swedish setting. The study addresses salient prosodic features of L1 Spanish in comparison to L1 Swedish, and discusses whether the Swedish L1 features are likely to be transferred into L2 Spanish. Another central issue of the paper is whether such transfer is likely to interfere with communication. Three Prosodic Core Features are identified: (1) focal-accent location, (2) vowel duration patterns, and (3) prosodic patterns in rising boundary tones.