The present study examined native language phonological and phonetic factors in non-
native lexical tone perception by tone language listeners, manipulating memory load and …

A cross tone-language perceptual assimilation study investigated native categorisations and
goodness ratings of non-native Thai tones by Thai-naive listeners differing in their native …

A growing number of studies on the acquisition of lexical tone by adult learners have
revealed that factors such as language background, musical experience, cognitive abilities …

Adult second language learners often show considerable individual variability in the ease
with which lexical tones are learned. It is known that factors pertaining to a learner's first …

This chapter provides an overview of the main research questions and findings in the areas
of second language and cross‐language speech perception research, and of the most …

It is unclear what roles native language (L1) and second language (L2) play in the
perception of lexical tones in a third language (L3). In tone perception, listeners with different …

Adults differ in the ease with which they acquire lexical tones in a non-native language.
Individual differences have been attributed to several factors, such as the role that pitch …

This study examines second (L2) and third (L3) language learners' pitch perception. We test
the hypothesis that a listener's discrimination of and sensitivity (d') to Japanese pitch accent …

This study examines the perception of Mandarin lexical tones by native speakers of
Burmese who use lexical tones in their first language (L1) but are naïve to Mandarin. Unlike …

Two groups of non-native adult learners of Mandarin in Australia were directly compared in
their ability to perceive monosyllabic Mandarin words contrasting in lexical tones. They …