Factors that moderate global similarity in initial L3 transfer: Intervocalic voiced stops in heritage Spanish/English bilinguals' L3 Italian.

J Cabrelli, C Pichan, J Ward… - Linguistic …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
Much of the formal linguistic research on third language (L3) acquisition has focused on
transfer source selection, with the overall finding that (global) structural similarity between …

[PDF][PDF] First language effects on second language perception: evidence from english low-vowel nasal sequences perceived by l1 Mandarin Chinese listeners

S Zhang - Proc. Interspeech, 2023 - isca-archive.org
First language (L1) sound systems can shape second language (L2) perception of non-
native phonological contrasts. This study examines how L1 Mandarin listeners perceive …

Processing Consequences of Marginal Contrastivity in Romance Phonology

J Tiegs - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Sounds are the building blocks of language and contrastive sounds have an especially
prominent spot in phonological theory. Traditionally, contrastive phones are determined by …

The acquisition of L2 allophonic variants: The role of phonological distribution and lexical cues

SL Barrios, JM Rodriguez… - Second Language …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Adult learners acquire second language (L2) allophones with experience. We examine two
mechanisms which may support the acquisition of allophonic variants in second language …

Factors that moderate global similarity in initial L3 transfer. Intervocalic voiced stops in heritage Spanish/English bilinguals' L3 Italian

J Cabrelli-Amaro, K Pichan, J Ward, J Rothman… - 2023 - munin.uit.no
Much of the formal linguistic research on third language (L3) acquisition has focused on
transfer source selection, with the overall finding that (global) structural similarity between …

[HTML][HTML] The interplay between psychoacoustic perception and L1-specific perception in evaluating the distinctiveness of sound pairs

M Li, J Zhang - JASA Express Letters, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A listener's judgement on the perceptual distance between two sounds usually draws on
their psychoacoustic difference, but can also be subject to L1-specific perception. This study …

Neutralisation and the perception of close-mid and open-mid vowels: the gradient between phonological categories

M Im, J Veloso, MC Costa… - Proceedings of the 20th …, 2023 - repositorio-aberto.up.pt
A prototype theoretical framework was the basis of a study on the impact of neutralisation on
the perception of Portuguese close-mid and open-mid vowels and the gradient between …

Perception, recognition, and encoding of Cantonese sound change variants

R Soo - 2023 - open.library.ubc.ca
Spoken language presents listeners with a range of phonetic variation. Systematic
categorical variation within/across languages/dialects exposes listeners to different …

Flexibility of speech comprehension processes: The use of acoustic-phonetic and semantic cues in French speech segmentation

MMC Rull - 2023 - theses.hal.science
Continuous speech segmentation is a cognitive process that humans engage in daily.
Despite the lack of explicit word boundaries, speech comprehension seems effortless. A …