Prior Pronunciation Knowledge Bootstraps Word Learning

Learners often struggle with L2 sounds, yet little is known about the role of prior pronunciation knowledge and explicit articulatory training in language acquisition. This study asks if existing pronunciation knowledge can bootstrap word learning, and whether short-term audiovisual articulatory tra...

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Main Authors: Khia Anne Johnson, Gloria Madeleine Mellesmoen, Roger Yu-Hsiang Lo, Bryan Gick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Communication
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcomm.2018.00001/full