Previous evidence suggests that nonnative speech perception is modulated by the
speakers' first language (L1) dialect. This study aims (a) to examine the discrimination of …

This study examines the effects of task complexity on second language (L2) pronunciation
accuracy and global pronunciation measures in pronunciation-unfocused tasks and …

Previous studies show that attention plays an important role in second language (L2)
phonetic attainment. This study compares the effect of two high variability phonetic training …

In this research note I want to address some misunderstandings about the construct of
redeployment and suggest that we need to fit these behavioural data from Yang, Chen and …

High variability phonetic training using perceptual tasks such as identification and
discrimination tasks has often been reported to improve L2 perception. However, studies …

Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, conducting experiments online is increasingly
common, and face masks are often used in everyday life. It remains unclear whether …

In the generative literature, the pattern of coronal fricative lenition found in the traditional
Chinato Spanish dialect is commonly cited as a phonological argument that the …

Previous research has shown that it is difficult for English speakers to distinguish the front
rounded vowels/y/and/ø/from the back rounded vowels/u/and/o/. In this study, we examine …

Elicitation methods are known to influence second language speech production. For
teachers and language assessors, awareness of such effects is essential to accurate …

Building on previous observations of variability in speech research, we examine variability in
speech perception study materials associated with the specific talker and contrast under …