Out with the old, in with the new: contrasts involving new features with acoustically salient cues are more likely to be acquired than those that redeploy L1 features

Feature-based approaches to second language (L2) phonology conceptualize the acquisition of new segments as operations that involve either the addition of new phonological features, or the rebundling of existent ones. While the deficit hypothesis assumes that only features that are fully specified i...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Language Sciences
Main Author:	Fernanda Barrientos
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-02-01
Subjects:	speech perception feature-based models L2 phonology underspecification vowel contrast perceptual cues
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/flang.2024.1295265/full