The role of L1 knowledge on L2 speech perception: investigating how native speakers and Brazilian learners categorize different VOT patterns in English
The present study aimed to investigate how different Voice Onset Time (VOT) patterns are categorized by native speakers of American English and Brazilian Learners of English. American English and Brazilian Portuguese diverge as to the voicing pattern of plosive consonants, for the VOT cue plays diff...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2015-09-01
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| Series: | Revista de Estudos da Linguagem |
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| Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/relin/article/view/6144 |