The purpose of this study is to investigate how a person's first language (L1) influences their
second language (L2) pronunciation and whether L2 has any effect on L1 pronunciation …

A few influential speech studies have been carried out using established speech learning
models, which confirmed that the analysis of first language (L1) and second language (L2) …

This study examined the Voice onset time (VOT) of Mandarin and English initial position
stops as produced by native American-English speaking learners of Mandarin and also …

This study examined the production of the Korean stops (lenis, fortis, and aspirated) by
Chinese learners over a one-year period following their first exposure to Korean. The main …

This paper provides the results of an acoustic study of Korean laryngeal stop production by
eight adult native speakers each of Mandarin Chinese, American English, Seoul Korean …

A study explored the relationship between the second language (L2) production of the
Spanish stop consonants/p/and/b/. Subjects were native English-speaking students enrolled …

The study examines cross-linguistic influence (CLI) and voice onset time (VOT) in the
production of Spanish stop consonants by native speakers of Mandarin Chinese who have …

A pilot perception experiment established the VOT duration range of/k/that is perceived as
less foreign by native Spanish listeners. A long VOT was perceived as foreign. The goal of …

This study examines how L1 Korean learners of L2 English and L1 English learners of L2
Korean produce L2 stops in terms of voice onset time (VOT) and fundamental frequency (F0) …

This study examined the voice onset time (VOT) of Greek and English voiceless stops (/ply
It/,/k/) produced by 20 GreeklEnglish. The participants read initially-stressed CVCV words in …