There is a substantial literature describing how infants become more sensitive to differences
between native phonemes (sounds that are both present and meaningful in the input) and …

Traditional pronunciation instruction and instruction in second language (L2) phonetics have
been shown to improve learners' L2 accent in some, though certainly not all, cases …

Previous research has shown that first language (L1) American English speakers
discriminate the Spanish/ɾ/‐/r/and/ɾ/‐/t/contrasts significantly better than the/ɾ/‐/d/contrast …

A phonological process in Norwegian takes underlying alveolar/tdns/to retroflex [ʈɖɳʂ]
after/ɾ/, but the likelihood of its application depends on the phonological context: The …

Possession is expressed in Spanish by means of various synthetic and analytical
morphosyntactic devices (Orozco 2004: 190-197). In expressing nominal possession, as …

1. Background The current study explores the interaction between phonological
relationships and speech perception. While phonemic status has been thoroughly …

This dissertation investigates how knowledge of phonological generalizations influences
speech perception, with a particular focus on evidence that phonological processing is …

The concept of phonological relationships has been central in most, if not all, theories of
phonology. The goal of this dissertation is to determine the contributions of two factors …

This study explores language universal and specific influences on Korean and English
listeners' perception of a consonant/lateral cluster. Our results show the influence of …

O comportamento verbal concretiza-se porque, por um lado, existe um sistema de princípios
e condições que, por si só, são considerados os elementos universais inerentes a todas as …