Uma visão dinâmica sobre a inteligibilidade de fala: um estudo longitudinal com haitianos e brasileiros

Jeniffer Albuquerque; Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves

doi:10.22168/2237-6321-11762

Authors

Jeniffer Albuquerque Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1498-3680
Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8476

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22168/2237-6321-11762

Keywords:

Intelligibility in Portuguese as an Additional Language. Complex Dynamic Systems Theory. Longitudinal Study.

Abstract

Developmental studies on Additional Languages (ALs), grounded on Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (VERSPOOR; DE BOT; LOWIE, 2011; LOWIE; VERSPOOR, 2015; LOWIE; VERSPOOR, 2019, among others), view variability as an inherent process in language learning. Moreover, language variability may be connected to an improvement in learners’ proficiency (LOWIE; VERSPOOR, 2019). Based on this Complex Dynamic System view of language and taking into account Derwing and Munro (2015)’s definition of intelligibility (revisited in a dynamic paradigm in Albuquerque (2019), this article presents the results of a longitudinal study on intelligibility. The 12-point longitudinal data collection included two Haitian speakers (with different lengths of residence in Brazil and showing different proficiency levels in Portuguese) and two Brazilian listeners (showing different levels of experience in ALs and exhibiting different degrees of experience with foreigners in interactions). Listeners took part in an intelligibility task, which aimed to obtain the listeners’ oral comprehension of the speakers’ oral productions. Learning peak analyses and Monte Carlo simulations (VERSPOOR; DE BOT; LOWIE, 2011) revealed significant learning peaks to two out of four listener-speaker pair combinations. The findings shed light on a dynamic view of intelligibility, having important implications for the studies on language development in the field of ALs.

Author Biographies

Jeniffer Albuquerque, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

Doutora pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brasil, professora no Departamento Acadêmico de Línguas Estrangeiras Modernas na UTFPR-CT e Bolsista do PDSE (CAPES) - Seleção 2018, processo nº88881.188539/2018-01.
Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Professor Doutor na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brasil, pesquisador do CNPq. O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido com recursos financeiros do Edital 02/2017 – Programa Pesquisador Gaúcho, da Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS) – Processo 17/2551-0001000-0.

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