The contributions to this volume discuss the degree to which awareness plays a role in how
language is produced (Babel, Zimman), acquired (Nycz), and processed (Beck, Carmichael …

The results reported in this paper indicate that native speakers of Mandarin Chinese rate the
perceptual similarities among the lexical tones of Mandarin differently than do native …

Explicit phonetics instruction can help second language (L2) learners to moderately improve
their pronunciation, but less is known about how the instruction affects learners' perception …

This paper reports findings of an experiment investigating the vocalisation and the
realisation of post-vocalic/r/in varieties of English and German. The study aims to explore …

Two speech perception experiments explored the auditory basis of distinctive features.
Experiment 1 found that Dutch listeners rated [s] and [ʃ] as more similar to each other than …

Two sound changes in progress in the Dutch language are selected: the devoicing of initial
labiodental fricatives and of initial bilabial stops. The study is articulated around a series of …

Listeners often perceive illusory vowels when presented with consonant sequences that
violate phonotactic constraints in their language. Previous research suggests that the …

French-learning 11-month-old and English-learning 11-and 4-month-old infants were
familiarized with consonant–vowel–consonant syllables in which the final consonants were …

This chapter provides an overview of major theories and findings in the field of second
language (L2) phonetics and phonology. Four main conceptual frameworks are discussed …

The goal of this dissertation is to explore the phonetic bases of intervocalic lenition-
specifically, voicing and spirantization of intervocalic stops. A traditional understanding of …