MONOLINGUAL AND PLURILINGUAL STRATEGIES IN THE ARTICULATION OF FRENCH R: A CASE STUDY
Résumé
This case study describes lingual articulatory strategies for French [ʁ] as it pertains to a monolingual, native speaker of French, and two English-Spanish bilinguals, learners of French as their third language (L3). We tracked movements of the tongue using electromagnetic articulography (EMA) in order to investigate inter-speaker differences involving rhotic production in wordinitial and final positions. Curve trajectories were compared using generalized additive models (GAMs). Findings indicate active involvement of tongue tip in rhotic articulation, native speaker included. Raising of tongue dorsum in language learners points towards a velar constriction, not uvular. Varying articulation strategies by language learners are interpreted as an indication of language interference. Duration differences and curve complexity as indices of native-like degree of coarticulation were closely linked to the learner's amount of exposure to the target language.
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