Gina Pineda

Lab Alumnus


I am a second year Master student. My research interests include second language (L2) production and perception. Language contact is another of my interests as well as the effects of the first language (L1) on the L2 and vice versa. I have studied this in the English low vowels produced by native speakers of Spanish residing in the United States and I am currently working on the perception of the lateral /l/ by heritage speakers of Spanish. I have also done fieldwork in Dagaare where I explored the non-modal phonation and its role as boundary-marker.