One of the primary questions of second language (L2) acquisition research is how a new
sound category is formed to allow for an L2 contrast that does not exist in the learner's first …

Speech perception patterns are strongly influenced by one's native phonology. It is generally
accepted that native English listeners rely primarily on spectral cues when perceiving …

In language comprehension, we use perceptual cues to infer meanings. Some of these cues
reside on perceptual dimensions. For example, the difference between bear and pear is …

The study of Lx phonology is under-represented in the GenSLA literature. I argue that this is
largely because the complex learnability issues in the phonological domain have been …

One of the primary goals of second language (L2) acquisition models is to identify and
predict the types and degrees of learning difficulties, which often stem from the linguistic …

Spoken language evolves constrained by the economy of speech, which depends on factors
such as the structure of the human mouth. This gives rise to local phonetic correlations in …

This work was supported by Charles University Grant Agency project no. 94522 (awarded to
MD), by the Czech Academy of Sciences grant LQ300252401, by the Czech Science …

This dissertation investigates the role of abstractions in linguistic knowledge, particularly
focusing on phonological representations and its interface with phonetics. It explores how …

In recent years, advancements in Artificial Intelligence have enabled the development of
increasingly sophisticated models capable of modelling different aspects of cognition …

Shanghai Chinese changed drastically in the past decades. This study provides the most
stateof-the-art documentation of the acoustic realization of its vowel system in the generation …