Humans weave phonological patterns instinctively. We form phonological patterns at birth,
we spontaneously generate them de novo, and we impose phonological design on both our …

Second language acquisition has rapidly grown as a field over the past decade, as our
knowledge of the ways in which children and adults learn and use a second language has …

This volume is the first handbook dedicated to language attrition, the study of how a
speaker's language may be affected by crosslinguistic interference and non-use. The effects …

Humans comprehend speech despite the various challenges such as mispronunciation and
noisy environments. Our auditory system is robust to these thanks to the integration of the …

Second Language Processing: An Introduction is the first textbook to offer a thorough
introduction to the field of second language processing (SLP). The study of SLP seeks to …

Previous studies have shown that listeners have difficulty discriminating between non-native
CC sequences and licit alternatives (eg Japanese [ebzo]-[ebuzo], English [bnif] …

Word-initial/s/-consonant clusters do not occur in Spanish. Confronted with such sequences
(eg, in loanwords), Spanish speakers tend to perceive an illusory initial/e/,'repairing'the illicit …

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

The study presented here examines how adult L2 listeners' L1 phonotactics interferes with
L2 vowel perception in different consonantal contexts. We examined Mandarin listeners' …

This study examines potential changes to L1 (Brazilian Portuguese, BP) perception of
phonotactic structure as a function of L2 (English) experience. Syllables with a coda stop …