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      A complex approach on integrated late bilinguals’ English VOT production: a study on south Brazilian immigrants in London

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      Ilha do Desterro
      Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
      Late Bilingualism, Complexity Theory, Immigration, VOT.

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          Abstract: Adopting a Complex perspective to language, this study explores the correlation between length of residence (LOR) in London and the production of word-initial English voiceless stops by late south Brazilian bilinguals who have an integrative motivation towards the host language and culture. To this end, 12 immigrants are compared to 10 standard southern British English monolinguals. Acoustic analysis of VOT duration is reported. Results demonstrated that immigrants’ VOT values for English are positively correlated with LOR. Bilinguals with the longest LOR revealed a production of English VOT within the range expected for the controls. These findings can be interpreted as evidence for language as a Complex Adaptive System, and for the hypothesis that the neuroplasticity and the cognitive mechanisms for language development remain intact during the lifespan.

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                Ilha do Desterro
                Ilha Desterro
                Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Florianópolis, SC, Brazil )
                2175-8026
                December 2017
                : 70
                : 3
                : 81-94
                Affiliations
                [1] Salvador Bahia orgnameUniversidade Federal da Bahia Brazil
                Article
                S2175-80262017000300081
                10.5007/2175-8026.2017v70n3p81
                b05b64dc-0a47-4f0a-a943-7b2674d79cb6

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 31 March 2017
                : 06 July 2017
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                VOT.,Complexity Theory,Late Bilingualism,Immigration
                VOT., Complexity Theory, Late Bilingualism, Immigration

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