Dr. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri
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María Luisa García Lecumberri is Associate Professor of English Phonetics at the University of the Basque Country (Spain). She obtained an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Phonetics at University College London.  Her work  is carried out within funded research projects such as Sound to Sense (http://www.sound2sense.eu), LISTA  (http://listening-talker.org/) and INSPIRE  (http://www.ru.nl/clst/projects/speech/inspire/). She is co-editor of Age and the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language (Multilingual Matters), author of English Transcription Course (Edward Arnold) and 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 Masters in Language Acquisition in Multilingual Settings (LAMS; http://www.lams.ehu.es/p149-1000/es) at the UPV.

 
Research Interests:

Acquisition of L2 speech

Speech perception

Speech in adverse conditions

Foreign accents

L2 speech training

Cross-language influences on speech.

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

  1. Joanaa Sankowska, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2011). Interaction of intrinsic vowel and consonant durational correlates with foreigner directed speech. Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics  47: 109-119.Abstract||PDF

  2. Martin Cooke, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Odette Scharenborg, Wim Van Dommelen (2010). Language-independent processing in speech perception: identification of English intervocalic consonants by speakers of eight European languages. Speech Communication  52: 954-967.Abstract||PDF

  3. Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke, Anne Cutler (2010). Non-native speech perception in adverse conditions: a review. Speech Communication  52: 864-886.Abstract||PDF

  4. Anne Cutler, Martin Cooke, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri (2010). Preface to Special Issue on Non-native listening in adverse conditions. Speech Communication  52: 863-863.AbstractPDF

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

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

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

  12. 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

  13. 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

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

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

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

Conference Papers

  1. Martin Cooke, Jon Barker, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Krzysztof Wasilewski (in_press). Crowdsourcing for word recognition in noise. Interspeech, Florence.Abstract||PDF

  2. Vincent Aubanel, Martin Cooke, Julian Villegas, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri (in_press). Conversing in the presence of a competing conversation: effects on speech production. Interspeech, Florence.AbstractPDF

  3. Jian Gong, Martin Cooke, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri (in_press). A computational modelling approach to the development of L2 sound acquisition. Int. Conf. Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Hong Kong.Abstract||PDF

  4. Joanna Sankowska, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (in_press). Vowel shortening in altered speech modes elicited via an interactive task. Int. Conf. Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Hong Kong.Abstract||PDF

  5. Maria Paola Bissiri, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke, Jan Volin (in_press). The Role of Word-Initial Glottal Stops in Recognizing English Words. Interspeech 2011, Florence, Italy.Abstract||PDF

  6. Argiñe González García, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, María Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe (2011). Phonological Attrition in Spanish and Basque with English as L2. AESLA, Salamanca.Abstract

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Argiñe González García, Dr. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Dr. María Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe (2010). Phonetic attrition in Spanish with English as L2 or L3 in a natural setting. New Sounds, Poznan (Poland).Abstract

  10. Argiñe González García, Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (2010). Adquisición del componente fonético del inglés en entornos naturales: factores contextuales e individuales. Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada (AESLA), Vigo.Abstract

  11. 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

  12. 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

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

  14. 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

  15. 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

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

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

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

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

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

Book Chapters

  1. Jian Gong, Martin Cooke, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri (2011).Towards a quantitative model of Mandarin Chinese perception of English consonants. In: Achievements and perspectives in SLA of speech: New Sounds 2010 (eds. Magdalena Wrembel, Malgorzata Kul and Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk). Abstract||PDF

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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. Joanaa Sankowska, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2011). Interaction of intrinsic vowel and consonant durational correlates with foreigner directed speech. Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics  47: 109-119.Abstract||PDF

  2. Martin Cooke, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Odette Scharenborg, Wim Van Dommelen (2010). Language-independent processing in speech perception: identification of English intervocalic consonants by speakers of eight European languages. Speech Communication  52: 954-967.Abstract||PDF

  3. Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke, Anne Cutler (2010). Non-native speech perception in adverse conditions: a review. Speech Communication  52: 864-886.Abstract||PDF

  4. Anne Cutler, Martin Cooke, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri (2010). Preface to Special Issue on Non-native listening in adverse conditions. Speech Communication  52: 863-863.AbstractPDF

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

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

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

  12. 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

  13. 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

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

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

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

Conference Papers

  1. Martin Cooke, Jon Barker, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Krzysztof Wasilewski (in_press). Crowdsourcing for word recognition in noise. Interspeech, Florence.Abstract||PDF

  2. Vincent Aubanel, Martin Cooke, Julian Villegas, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri (in_press). Conversing in the presence of a competing conversation: effects on speech production. Interspeech, Florence.AbstractPDF

  3. Jian Gong, Martin Cooke, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri (in_press). A computational modelling approach to the development of L2 sound acquisition. Int. Conf. Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Hong Kong.Abstract||PDF

  4. Joanna Sankowska, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (in_press). Vowel shortening in altered speech modes elicited via an interactive task. Int. Conf. Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Hong Kong.Abstract||PDF

  5. Maria Paola Bissiri, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke, Jan Volin (in_press). The Role of Word-Initial Glottal Stops in Recognizing English Words. Interspeech 2011, Florence, Italy.Abstract||PDF

  6. Argiñe González García, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, María Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe (2011). Phonological Attrition in Spanish and Basque with English as L2. AESLA, Salamanca.Abstract

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Argiñe González García, Dr. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Dr. María Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe (2010). Phonetic attrition in Spanish with English as L2 or L3 in a natural setting. New Sounds, Poznan (Poland).Abstract

  10. Argiñe González García, Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri (2010). Adquisición del componente fonético del inglés en entornos naturales: factores contextuales e individuales. Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada (AESLA), Vigo.Abstract

  11. 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

  12. 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

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

  14. 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

  15. 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

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

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

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

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

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

Book Chapters

  1. Jian Gong, Martin Cooke, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri (2011).Towards a quantitative model of Mandarin Chinese perception of English consonants. In: Achievements and perspectives in SLA of speech: New Sounds 2010 (eds. Magdalena Wrembel, Malgorzata Kul and Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk). Abstract||PDF

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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


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