Dr. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri

María Luisa García Lecumberri is Associate Professor of English Phonetics at the University of the Basque Country (Spain). She obtained an M.A. in Phonetics at University College London and a Ph.D. in Phonetics by the University of London.  Her work  is carried out within funded research projects such as Sound to Sense, Marie Curie RTN (http://www.sound2sense.eu). She is co-editor of Age and the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language (Multilingual Matters) and author of English Transcription Course (Edward Arnold). She is currently guest editor for a special issue of Speech Communication on "Non-native speech perception: imperfect knowledge, imperfect signal".

Her teaching includes undergraduate courses in English Phonetics and Phonology, Masters courses in the Postgrado de Estudios Fónicos (http://www.cchs.csic.es/estudiosfonicos/index.html) at the CSIC, Madrid and in the new Masters in Language Acquisition in Multilingual Settings (LAMS; http://www.lams.ehu.es/p149-1000/es) at the UPV.

Contact: garcia.lecumberri@ehu.es
Research Interests:

Acquisition of L2 speech

Speech perception

Speech in adverse conditions

Foreign accents

L2 speech training

Cross-language influences on speech.

 
Projects:
  5. Sound to Sense (2006 - 2011)
Selected Publications:      View all in system
Journal

  1. Martin Cooke, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Odette Scharenborg, Wim Van Dommelen (in_press). Language-independent processing in speech perception: identification of English intervocalic consonants by speakers of eight European languages. Speech Communication  : -.Abstract||PDF

  2. Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke, Anne Cutler (in_press). Non-native speech perception in adverse conditions: a review. Speech Communication  : -.Abstract||PDF

  3. Esther Gómez Lacabex, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2009). Identification of the contrast full vowel-schwa: training effects and generalization to a new perceptual context. Ilha do Desterro,Special Issue: English interphonology   55: -.AbstractPDF

  4. Martin Cooke, M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Jon Barker (2008). The foreign language cocktail party problem: energetic and informational masking effects in non-native speech perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  123: 414-427.Abstract||PDF

  5. Anne Cutler, M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2008). Consonant identification in noise by native and non-native listeners: Effects of local context. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  124(2): 1264-1268.Abstract||PDF

  6. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin P. Cooke (2006). Effect of masker type on native and non-native consonant perception in noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  119 (4): 2445-2454.Abstract||PDF

  7. Mercedes Cabrera, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (2003). The manifestation of intonational focus in Castilian Spanish. Catalan Journal of Linguistics Monograph on Romance Intonation  2: 33-54.AbstractPDF

  8. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (2000). Identificación del foco entonativo inglés por estudiantes frente a hablantes nativos. Revista U. Mexico   32: 19-28.AbstractPDF

  9. Jasone Cenoz, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (1999). The acquisition of English pronunciation: learners' views. International Journal of Applied Linguistics  9: 3-17.AbstractPDF

  10. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Jasone Cenoz (1999). The effect of training on the discrimination of English vowels. International Review of Applied Linguistics  37, 4: 261-275.AbstractPDF

  11. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Jasone Cenoz (1997). L2 perception of English vowels: testing the validity of Kuhl's prototypes. Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses  10: 55-68.AbstractPDF

  12. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (1997). Traditional British analyses of intonation: a review. Atlantis  19: 103-112.AbstractPDF

  13. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (1996). Perceptibility of nuclear focus in English. Barcelona English Language and Literature Studies  8: 175-186.AbstractPDF

  14. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (1995). Perception of accentual focus by Basque L2 learners of English. ASJU  29, 2 : 581-598.AbstractPDF

Conference Papers

  1. J. Gong, M. P. Cooke, M. L. Garcia Lecumberri (2010). Towards a quantitative model of Mandarin Chinese perception of English consonants. New Sounds, Poznan, Poland.Abstract||PDF

  2. J. Sankowska, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke (2010). Interaction of intrinsic vowel and consonant durational correlates with foreigner directed speech. New Sounds, Poznan, Poland.Abstract||PDF

  3. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke, W. Van Dommelen, O. Scharenborg, F. Cutugno (2008). The non-native consonant challenge for European languages. INTERSPEECH, Brisbane (Australia).Abstract

  4. M. Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2008). The effect of training in noise on foreign language consonant acquisition. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Paris.Abstract||PDF

  5. Anne Cutler, Martin Cooke, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Dennis Pasveer (2007). L2 consonant identification in noise: cross-language comparisons. Interspeech, Antwerp.Abstract||PDF

  6. M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2007). Effect of cross-word context on plosive identification in noise for native and non-native listeners. ICPhS 07, Saarbrucken.Abstract

  7. E. Gomez Lacabex, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke (2007). Perception of English vowel reduction by trained Spanish learners. New Sounds 2007: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, Florianópolis, Brasil.AbstractPDF

  8. E. Gomez Lacabex, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke (2005). English vowel reduction by untrained Spanish learners: perception and production. PTLC, London.Abstract

  9. Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, John Maidment, Martin Cooke, Anders Ericsson, Mircea Giurgiu (2003). A web-based transcription tool. Int. Congress Phonetic Science, Barcelona.Abstract

  10. M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke, J. Maidment (2003). Transcripción fonémica en internet. VIII Simposio Internacional de Comunicación Social, Santiago de Cuba.Abstract

  11. M.P. Cooke, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, J. Maidment (2001). A tool for automatic feedback on phonemic transcription. Interspeech, Aalborg.Abstract

  12. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (2000). An experiment on stress-shift perception by English FL vs NL speakers. New Sounds, Amsterdam.Abstract

Book Chapters

  1. Esther Gómez Lacabex, M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2009).Training and generalization effects of English vowel reduction for Spanish listeners. In: Recent Research in Second Language Phonetics/Phonology: Perception and Production (eds. Michael A. Watkins, Andreia S. Rauber and Barbara O. Baptista ). Abstract

  2. Francisco Gallardo Del Puerto, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Esther Gómez Lacabex (2009).Testing the effectiveness of content and language integrated learning in foreign language contexts: assessment of English pronunciation. In: Content and Language Integrated Learning: Evidence from Research in Europe (eds. Ruiz de Zarobe, Y. and Jiménez Catalán R. ). Abstract

  3. M. Luisa Garcia Lecumberri (2006).English double stress perception by Spanish learners vs. native listeners. In: English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish Interphonology (eds. B.O. Baptista & M. A. Watkins). Abstract

  4. Francisco Gallardo Del Puerto, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Jasone Cenoz (2006).Age and native language influence on the perception of English vowels. In: English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish Interphonology (eds. . B.O. Baptista & M. A. Watkins). Abstract

  5. Francisco Gallardo del Puerto, María Luisa García Lecumberri (2006).Age effects on single phoneme perception for learners of English as a foreign language. In: Age in L2 Acquisition adn Teaching (eds. Christián Abelló-Contesse, Rubén Chacón-Beltrán, M.Dolores López Giménez & M. Mar Torreblanca-López). Abstract

  6. Francisco Gallardo del Puerto, María Luisa García Lecumberri (2006).Ingelezko bokalen pertzepzioa eta ekoizpena atzerriko hizkuntza gisa: jatorrizko kategoria fonetikoen eta hasteko adinaren eragina. In: Hizkuntzak ikasten eta erabiltzen (eds. Jasone Cenoz & David Lasagabaster). Abstract

  7. M. Luisa García Lecumberri (2003).Análisis por configuraciones: la escuela británica. In: Teorías de la Entonación (eds. P. Prieto ). Abstract

  8. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Francisco Gallardo Del Puerto (2003).English FL sounds in school learners of different ages. In: Age and the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language (eds. M. P. García Mayo & M. L. García Lecumberri). Abstract

  9. M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Jasone Cenoz (2002).Phonetic context variation vs. vowel perception in a foreign language. In: Phonetics and its applications. Festschrift for Jens-Peter Köster on the occasion of his 60th birthday (eds. Braun, A. y Masthoff, H.R). Abstract

  10. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (2001).Phonetic Awareness. In: Language Awareness in the Foreign Language Classroom (eds. D. Lasagabaster & J. Sierrra). Abstract

Books
 

María del Pilar Garía Mayo, M. Luisa Garcia Lecumberri (2003). Age and the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language. Multilingual Matters. Abstract||PDF

 

M. Luisa García Lecumberri, John A. Maidment (2000). English Transcription Course. Edward Arnold. Abstract
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Mª Luisa García Lecumberri 's publications

Journal

  1. Martin Cooke, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Odette Scharenborg, Wim Van Dommelen (in_press). Language-independent processing in speech perception: identification of English intervocalic consonants by speakers of eight European languages. Speech Communication  : -.Abstract||PDF

  2. Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke, Anne Cutler (in_press). Non-native speech perception in adverse conditions: a review. Speech Communication  : -.Abstract||PDF

  3. Esther Gómez Lacabex, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2009). Identification of the contrast full vowel-schwa: training effects and generalization to a new perceptual context. Ilha do Desterro,Special Issue: English interphonology   55: -.AbstractPDF

  4. Martin Cooke, M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Jon Barker (2008). The foreign language cocktail party problem: energetic and informational masking effects in non-native speech perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  123: 414-427.Abstract||PDF

  5. Anne Cutler, M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2008). Consonant identification in noise by native and non-native listeners: Effects of local context. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  124(2): 1264-1268.Abstract||PDF

  6. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin P. Cooke (2006). Effect of masker type on native and non-native consonant perception in noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  119 (4): 2445-2454.Abstract||PDF

  7. Mercedes Cabrera, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (2003). The manifestation of intonational focus in Castilian Spanish. Catalan Journal of Linguistics Monograph on Romance Intonation  2: 33-54.AbstractPDF

  8. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (2000). Identificación del foco entonativo inglés por estudiantes frente a hablantes nativos. Revista U. Mexico   32: 19-28.AbstractPDF

  9. Jasone Cenoz, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (1999). The acquisition of English pronunciation: learners' views. International Journal of Applied Linguistics  9: 3-17.AbstractPDF

  10. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Jasone Cenoz (1999). The effect of training on the discrimination of English vowels. International Review of Applied Linguistics  37, 4: 261-275.AbstractPDF

  11. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Jasone Cenoz (1997). L2 perception of English vowels: testing the validity of Kuhl's prototypes. Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses  10: 55-68.AbstractPDF

  12. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (1997). Traditional British analyses of intonation: a review. Atlantis  19: 103-112.AbstractPDF

  13. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (1996). Perceptibility of nuclear focus in English. Barcelona English Language and Literature Studies  8: 175-186.AbstractPDF

  14. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (1995). Perception of accentual focus by Basque L2 learners of English. ASJU  29, 2 : 581-598.AbstractPDF

Conference Papers

  1. J. Gong, M. P. Cooke, M. L. Garcia Lecumberri (2010). Towards a quantitative model of Mandarin Chinese perception of English consonants. New Sounds, Poznan, Poland.Abstract||PDF

  2. J. Sankowska, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke (2010). Interaction of intrinsic vowel and consonant durational correlates with foreigner directed speech. New Sounds, Poznan, Poland.Abstract||PDF

  3. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke, W. Van Dommelen, O. Scharenborg, F. Cutugno (2008). The non-native consonant challenge for European languages. INTERSPEECH, Brisbane (Australia).Abstract

  4. M. Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2008). The effect of training in noise on foreign language consonant acquisition. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Paris.Abstract||PDF

  5. Anne Cutler, Martin Cooke, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Dennis Pasveer (2007). L2 consonant identification in noise: cross-language comparisons. Interspeech, Antwerp.Abstract||PDF

  6. M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2007). Effect of cross-word context on plosive identification in noise for native and non-native listeners. ICPhS 07, Saarbrucken.Abstract

  7. E. Gomez Lacabex, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke (2007). Perception of English vowel reduction by trained Spanish learners. New Sounds 2007: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, Florianópolis, Brasil.AbstractPDF

  8. E. Gomez Lacabex, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke (2005). English vowel reduction by untrained Spanish learners: perception and production. PTLC, London.Abstract

  9. Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, John Maidment, Martin Cooke, Anders Ericsson, Mircea Giurgiu (2003). A web-based transcription tool. Int. Congress Phonetic Science, Barcelona.Abstract

  10. M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke, J. Maidment (2003). Transcripción fonémica en internet. VIII Simposio Internacional de Comunicación Social, Santiago de Cuba.Abstract

  11. M.P. Cooke, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, J. Maidment (2001). A tool for automatic feedback on phonemic transcription. Interspeech, Aalborg.Abstract

  12. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (2000). An experiment on stress-shift perception by English FL vs NL speakers. New Sounds, Amsterdam.Abstract

Book Chapters

  1. Esther Gómez Lacabex, M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2009).Training and generalization effects of English vowel reduction for Spanish listeners. In: Recent Research in Second Language Phonetics/Phonology: Perception and Production (eds. Michael A. Watkins, Andreia S. Rauber and Barbara O. Baptista ). Abstract

  2. Francisco Gallardo Del Puerto, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Esther Gómez Lacabex (2009).Testing the effectiveness of content and language integrated learning in foreign language contexts: assessment of English pronunciation. In: Content and Language Integrated Learning: Evidence from Research in Europe (eds. Ruiz de Zarobe, Y. and Jiménez Catalán R. ). Abstract

  3. M. Luisa Garcia Lecumberri (2006).English double stress perception by Spanish learners vs. native listeners. In: English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish Interphonology (eds. B.O. Baptista & M. A. Watkins). Abstract

  4. Francisco Gallardo Del Puerto, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Jasone Cenoz (2006).Age and native language influence on the perception of English vowels. In: English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish Interphonology (eds. . B.O. Baptista & M. A. Watkins). Abstract

  5. Francisco Gallardo del Puerto, María Luisa García Lecumberri (2006).Age effects on single phoneme perception for learners of English as a foreign language. In: Age in L2 Acquisition adn Teaching (eds. Christián Abelló-Contesse, Rubén Chacón-Beltrán, M.Dolores López Giménez & M. Mar Torreblanca-López). Abstract

  6. Francisco Gallardo del Puerto, María Luisa García Lecumberri (2006).Ingelezko bokalen pertzepzioa eta ekoizpena atzerriko hizkuntza gisa: jatorrizko kategoria fonetikoen eta hasteko adinaren eragina. In: Hizkuntzak ikasten eta erabiltzen (eds. Jasone Cenoz & David Lasagabaster). Abstract

  7. M. Luisa García Lecumberri (2003).Análisis por configuraciones: la escuela británica. In: Teorías de la Entonación (eds. P. Prieto ). Abstract

  8. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Francisco Gallardo Del Puerto (2003).English FL sounds in school learners of different ages. In: Age and the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language (eds. M. P. García Mayo & M. L. García Lecumberri). Abstract

  9. M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Jasone Cenoz (2002).Phonetic context variation vs. vowel perception in a foreign language. In: Phonetics and its applications. Festschrift for Jens-Peter Köster on the occasion of his 60th birthday (eds. Braun, A. y Masthoff, H.R). Abstract

  10. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (2001).Phonetic Awareness. In: Language Awareness in the Foreign Language Classroom (eds. D. Lasagabaster & J. Sierrra). Abstract

Books

  1. María del Pilar Garía Mayo, M. Luisa Garcia Lecumberri (2003). Age and the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language. Multilingual Matters. Abstract||PDF

  2. M. Luisa García Lecumberri, John A. Maidment (2000). English Transcription Course. Edward Arnold. Abstract