The constructs of ‘intelligibility’ and ‘comprehensibility’ in the analysis of brazilian portuguese data as an aditional language: a complex dynamic system perspective
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Intelligibility and Comprehensibility in L2 speech, Language as a Complex Dynamic System, Haitian Learners of Brazilian PortugueseAbstract
This paper discusses the constructs of L2 speech ‘intelligibility’ and ‘comprehensibility’ (MUNRO; DERWING, 2015), associates these constructs to the theory of Language as Complex Dynamic System and proposes modifications in the measurement of these constructs by investigating intelligibility in the oral productions of Haitians, learners of Portuguese as L2, judged by Brazilians. The study investigated 57 Brazilian participants, who were divided into 3 groups (monolinguals, L2 leaners of French and L2 learners of English). Three measurement possibilities were tested: percentage of correct words after an oral repetition task, Likert Scale and decision time. Our results have shown a complex relationship among the three measurements, verified through different responses in each group.
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