Vowel inventory size matters: assessing cue-weighting in L2 vowel perception

To examine whether L1 vowel inventory size could be a contributing factor to the use of temporal cues in L2 vowel perception, this study assessed the perception of English /i-ɪ/ by 66 learners of four different L1s: Danish, Portuguese, Catalan and Russian. The L2 learners performed a forced-choice i...

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Main Authors: Hanna Kivistö-de Souza, Angélica Carlet, Izabela Julkowska, Anabela Rato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2017-09-01
Series:Ilha do Desterro
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/49649