@article {Banzina:2016:0802-6106:403,
title = "Consonant lengthening for persuasiveness in L1 and L2 English",
journal = "International Journal of Applied Linguistics",
parent_itemid = "infobike://bpl/ijal",
publishercode ="bp",
year = "2016",
volume = "26",
number = "3",
publication date ="2016-11-01T00:00:00",
pages = "403-419",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0802-6106",
eissn = "1473-4192",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/ijal/2016/00000026/00000003/art00007",
doi = "doi:10.1111/ijal.12137",
keyword = "énfasis, discurso público, spoken English, public speaking, duración de consonante, persuasive speech, inglés como lengua extranjera, emphasis, consonant duration, consonant lengthening, discurso persuasivo",
author = "Banzina, Elina",
abstract = "The present study explored how persuasiveness is expressed phonetically in English and whether nonnative speakers of English are able to employ L2 phonetic cues to convey importance in L2 in a nativelike manner. An acoustic experiment compared English and Latvian speakers
of English treatment of syllableonset consonant duration relative to vowels in (i) neutral and (ii) persuasive speech contexts. Duration was measured in voiceless stops and continuants and a wide variety of vowels in the stressed syllables of key words. Results revealed that in persuasive
speech, native English speakers significantly increased the proportion of consonantal duration, whereas no consonant lengthening was found in Latvian L1 and L2 productions. These findings provide evidence for the paralinguistic function of consonants and the existence of languagespecific
persuasion cues.
",
}