Australian English listeners' perception of Japanese vowel length reveals underlying phonological knowledge

K Yazawa, J Whang, P Escudero - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Speech perception patterns are strongly influenced by one's native phonology. It is generally
accepted that native English listeners rely primarily on spectral cues when perceiving …

Feature-driven new sound category formation: Computational implementation with the L2LP model and beyond

K Yazawa, J Whang, M Kondo… - Frontiers in Language …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
One of the primary questions of second language (L2) acquisition research is how a new
sound category is formed to allow for an L2 contrast that does not exist in the learner's first …

[PDF][PDF] NEW sounds can be easier to learn than SIMILAR sounds, but only when acoustic cues are FAMILIAR

K Yazawa - Tsukuba Eng. Stud - researchgate.net
One of the primary goals of second language (L2) acquisition models is to identify and
predict the types and degrees of learning difficulties, which often stem from the linguistic …

[引用][C] Spectral and temporal implementation of Japanese speakers' English vowel categories: a corpus-based study

K Yazawa, T Konishi, J Whang, P Escudero, M Kondo - Laboratory Phonology, 2023

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P Escudero, K Yazawa - osf.io
In this chapter, we thoroughly describe the L2LP model, its five ingredients to explain
speech development from first contact with a language or dialect (initial state) to proficiency …