Gabrielle Herman
How do speakers distinguish between two similar, yet mutually unintelligible languages? The goal of this study was to determine if certain phonetic traits help with language identificaiton. In two different experiments, participants were asked to identify the language based on either the intonation pattern or unique phonetic traits. The results from both experiments supported the hypothesis that the unique intonation and phonetic traits of Lengua Palenquera are beneficial for language identification.