Sleep-mediated overnight consolidation has been found to facilitate perceptual learning by
promoting learners' generalization across talkers in their perception of novel segmental …

Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a paediatric motor speech disorder. We investigated
the lexical tone perception and production abilities of children with CAS and the …

This study uses the Perceptual Assimilation Model for Suprasegmentals (PAM-S)(So & Best,
2008, 2010), supported by the assumptions of the L2 Intonation Learning theory (LILt …

Purpose Previous studies reported that children acquire Cantonese tones before 3 years of
age, supporting the assumption in models of phonological development that …

Purpose Previous studies showed early production precedes late perception in Cantonese
tone acquisition, contrary to the general principle that perception precedes production in …

Models of phonological development assume that speech perception precedes speech
production and that children acquire suprasegmental features earlier than segmental …

Heritage speakers contend with at least two languages: the less dominant first language
(L1), that is, the heritage language, and the more dominant second language (L2). In some …

This study investigated whether individual differences in cognitive functions, attentional
abilities in particular, were associated with individual differences in the quality of …

Purpose Previous studies showed both early and late acquisition of Cantonese tones based
on transcription data using different criteria, but very little acoustic data were reported. Our …

Purpose Auditory training is important in pedagogical and clinical settings. In search of a
more effective perceptual program for training new suprasegmental categories, this study …