How flexible is bilingual language control and how does it adapt to the linguistic context of a
conversation? We address this by looking at the pattern of switch costs in contexts involving …

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 …

Pitch accents are local pitch patterns that convey differences in word prominence and
modulate the information structure of the discourse. Despite the importance to discourse in …

Despite the fact that many of the world's languages use lexical tone, the majority of language
acquisition studies has focused on non-tone languages. Research on tone languages has …

In this study, Limburgian and Dutch 2.5-to 4-year-olds and adults took part in a word
learning experiment. Following the procedure employed by and, participants learned two …

This study investigates the relation between consonant voicing and F0 in modern Tokyo
Japanese, as produced by young female speakers. In a tone language, the F0 perturbation …

Using the masked priming paradigm, we examined which phonological unit is used when
naming Kanji compounds. Although the phonological unit in the Japanese language has …

This dissertation explores the influence of both learner-internal cognitive resources and
experience-based factors on the perception of Japanese lexical accent. In Japanese …

Purpose: This research compared individuals from two first language (L1) backgrounds
(English and Japanese) to determine how they may differ in their perception of Mandarin …

When a word is given in the course of an utterance, we comprehend the phonological,
syntactic, and semantic properties of the word, locate the word into the structure thus far …