Recent longitudinal approaches to second language (L2) pronunciation development have
prioritized developmental trajectories, highlighting individual variation in phonetic learning …

In Spanish, voiced stops weaken to approximants and display variables degrees of lenition
according to the context in which the stop occurs, making them a complex pronunciation …

This chapter describes voice onset time (VOT) research that focuses on the acquisition of
Spanish as a non‐native language. A brief overview of Spanish stop consonants is provided …

As part of a research project on the investigation of second language (L2) ultimate
attainment in 41 Spanish early and late near-native speakers of L2 Swedish, the present …

The paper aims to investigate the sources of crosslinguistic influence in the acquisition of
voice onset time patterns in third language phonology. Thirty two learners of L3 French with …

Researchers have studied voice onset time (VOT) in a number of languages but there is a
scarcity of research on the acquisition of VOT of English, particularly by adult Saudi learners …

This study explored the initial stages of adult second language (L2) learning with a special
focus on the acquisition of the target language sound system. The aim was to analyze the …

The Voice Onset Time (VOT) introduced by Lisker and Abramson (1964) is defined as the
single production dimension, the time interval between the release of a stop occlusion and …

Previous studies of native English speakers learning Spanish as a second language (L2)
document compromise voice onset time (VOT) values; however, the focus has been …

Of interest in the current study was how voice inset time (VOT) was influenced by changes in
speaking rate across Spanish and English. Three groups of subjects (English monolinguals …