Processing of English Coda Laterals in L2 Listeners: An Eye-Tracking Study
This study explores speech processing of English coda laterals (dark L's) in second language (L2) listeners whose native language does not permit laterals at syllable coda positions. We tested L2 listeners' (native Mandarin) perception of coda laterals following three Australian English vowels differing in phonological backness, including /iː/, /ʉː/, and /oː/, which represent a front vowel, and central vowel, and a back vowel, respectively. L2 listeners first completed an AX task which tested their ability to discriminate between /iː/-/iːl/, /ʉː/-/ʉːl/, and /oː/-/oːl/, and then they completed an identification ...
Source: Language and Speech - October 28, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yizhou Wang Source Type: research
Processing of English Coda Laterals in L2 Listeners: An Eye-Tracking Study
This study explores speech processing of English coda laterals (dark L's) in second language (L2) listeners whose native language does not permit laterals at syllable coda positions. We tested L2 listeners' (native Mandarin) perception of coda laterals following three Australian English vowels differing in phonological backness, including /iː/, /ʉː/, and /oː/, which represent a front vowel, and central vowel, and a back vowel, respectively. L2 listeners first completed an AX task which tested their ability to discriminate between /iː/-/iːl/, /ʉː/-/ʉːl/, and /oː/-/oːl/, and then they completed an identification ...
Source: Language and Speech - October 28, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yizhou Wang Source Type: research
Processing of English Coda Laterals in L2 Listeners: An Eye-Tracking Study
This study explores speech processing of English coda laterals (dark L's) in second language (L2) listeners whose native language does not permit laterals at syllable coda positions. We tested L2 listeners' (native Mandarin) perception of coda laterals following three Australian English vowels differing in phonological backness, including /iː/, /ʉː/, and /oː/, which represent a front vowel, and central vowel, and a back vowel, respectively. L2 listeners first completed an AX task which tested their ability to discriminate between /iː/-/iːl/, /ʉː/-/ʉːl/, and /oː/-/oːl/, and then they completed an identification ...
Source: Language and Speech - October 28, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yizhou Wang Source Type: research
Processing of English Coda Laterals in L2 Listeners: An Eye-Tracking Study
This study explores speech processing of English coda laterals (dark L's) in second language (L2) listeners whose native language does not permit laterals at syllable coda positions. We tested L2 listeners' (native Mandarin) perception of coda laterals following three Australian English vowels differing in phonological backness, including /iː/, /ʉː/, and /oː/, which represent a front vowel, and central vowel, and a back vowel, respectively. L2 listeners first completed an AX task which tested their ability to discriminate between /iː/-/iːl/, /ʉː/-/ʉːl/, and /oː/-/oːl/, and then they completed an identification ...
Source: Language and Speech - October 28, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yizhou Wang Source Type: research
Processing of English Coda Laterals in L2 Listeners: An Eye-Tracking Study
This study explores speech processing of English coda laterals (dark L's) in second language (L2) listeners whose native language does not permit laterals at syllable coda positions. We tested L2 listeners' (native Mandarin) perception of coda laterals following three Australian English vowels differing in phonological backness, including /iː/, /ʉː/, and /oː/, which represent a front vowel, and central vowel, and a back vowel, respectively. L2 listeners first completed an AX task which tested their ability to discriminate between /iː/-/iːl/, /ʉː/-/ʉːl/, and /oː/-/oːl/, and then they completed an identification ...
Source: Language and Speech - October 28, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yizhou Wang Source Type: research
Processing of English Coda Laterals in L2 Listeners: An Eye-Tracking Study
This study explores speech processing of English coda laterals (dark L's) in second language (L2) listeners whose native language does not permit laterals at syllable coda positions. We tested L2 listeners' (native Mandarin) perception of coda laterals following three Australian English vowels differing in phonological backness, including /iː/, /ʉː/, and /oː/, which represent a front vowel, and central vowel, and a back vowel, respectively. L2 listeners first completed an AX task which tested their ability to discriminate between /iː/-/iːl/, /ʉː/-/ʉːl/, and /oː/-/oːl/, and then they completed an identification ...
Source: Language and Speech - October 28, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yizhou Wang Source Type: research
Processing of English Coda Laterals in L2 Listeners: An Eye-Tracking Study
This study explores speech processing of English coda laterals (dark L's) in second language (L2) listeners whose native language does not permit laterals at syllable coda positions. We tested L2 listeners' (native Mandarin) perception of coda laterals following three Australian English vowels differing in phonological backness, including /iː/, /ʉː/, and /oː/, which represent a front vowel, and central vowel, and a back vowel, respectively. L2 listeners first completed an AX task which tested their ability to discriminate between /iː/-/iːl/, /ʉː/-/ʉːl/, and /oː/-/oːl/, and then they completed an identification ...
Source: Language and Speech - October 28, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yizhou Wang Source Type: research
Processing of English Coda Laterals in L2 Listeners: An Eye-Tracking Study
This study explores speech processing of English coda laterals (dark L's) in second language (L2) listeners whose native language does not permit laterals at syllable coda positions. We tested L2 listeners' (native Mandarin) perception of coda laterals following three Australian English vowels differing in phonological backness, including /iː/, /ʉː/, and /oː/, which represent a front vowel, and central vowel, and a back vowel, respectively. L2 listeners first completed an AX task which tested their ability to discriminate between /iː/-/iːl/, /ʉː/-/ʉːl/, and /oː/-/oːl/, and then they completed an identification ...
Source: Language and Speech - October 28, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yizhou Wang Source Type: research
Processing of English Coda Laterals in L2 Listeners: An Eye-Tracking Study
This study explores speech processing of English coda laterals (dark L's) in second language (L2) listeners whose native language does not permit laterals at syllable coda positions. We tested L2 listeners' (native Mandarin) perception of coda laterals following three Australian English vowels differing in phonological backness, including /iː/, /ʉː/, and /oː/, which represent a front vowel, and central vowel, and a back vowel, respectively. L2 listeners first completed an AX task which tested their ability to discriminate between /iː/-/iːl/, /ʉː/-/ʉːl/, and /oː/-/oːl/, and then they completed an identification ...
Source: Language and Speech - October 28, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yizhou Wang Source Type: research
Sociophonetic Variation in Vowel Categorization of Australian English
This study involves a perceptual categorization task for Australian English, designed to investigate regional and social variation in category boundaries between close-front vowel contrasts. Data are from four locations in southeast Australia. A total of 81 listeners from two listener groups took part: (a) so-called mainstream Australian English listeners from all four locations, and (b) L1 Aboriginal English listeners from one of the locations. Listeners heard front vowels /ɪ e æ/ arranged in 7-step continua presented at random. Varied phonetic contexts were analyzed, with a focus on coda /l/ because of a well-known pre...
Source: Language and Speech - October 13, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Debbie Loakes Josh Clothier John Hajek Janet Fletcher Source Type: research
Sensorimotor Adaptation to Formant-Shifted Auditory Feedback Is Predicted by Language-Specific Factors in L1 and L2 Speech Production
Lang Speech. 2023 Oct 13:238309231202503. doi: 10.1177/00238309231202503. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAuditory feedback plays an important role in the long-term updating and maintenance of speech motor control; thus, the current study explored the unresolved question of how sensorimotor adaptation is predicted by language-specific and domain-general factors in first-language (L1) and second-language (L2) production. Eighteen English-L1 speakers and 22 English-L2 speakers performed the same sensorimotor adaptation experiments and tasks, which measured language-specific and domain-general abilities. The experiment manipula...
Source: Language and Speech - October 13, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Xiao Cai Mingkun Ouyang Yulong Yin Qingfang Zhang Source Type: research
Sociophonetic Variation in Vowel Categorization of Australian English
This study involves a perceptual categorization task for Australian English, designed to investigate regional and social variation in category boundaries between close-front vowel contrasts. Data are from four locations in southeast Australia. A total of 81 listeners from two listener groups took part: (a) so-called mainstream Australian English listeners from all four locations, and (b) L1 Aboriginal English listeners from one of the locations. Listeners heard front vowels /ɪ e æ/ arranged in 7-step continua presented at random. Varied phonetic contexts were analyzed, with a focus on coda /l/ because of a well-known pre...
Source: Language and Speech - October 13, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Debbie Loakes Josh Clothier John Hajek Janet Fletcher Source Type: research
Sensorimotor Adaptation to Formant-Shifted Auditory Feedback Is Predicted by Language-Specific Factors in L1 and L2 Speech Production
Lang Speech. 2023 Oct 13:238309231202503. doi: 10.1177/00238309231202503. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAuditory feedback plays an important role in the long-term updating and maintenance of speech motor control; thus, the current study explored the unresolved question of how sensorimotor adaptation is predicted by language-specific and domain-general factors in first-language (L1) and second-language (L2) production. Eighteen English-L1 speakers and 22 English-L2 speakers performed the same sensorimotor adaptation experiments and tasks, which measured language-specific and domain-general abilities. The experiment manipula...
Source: Language and Speech - October 13, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Xiao Cai Mingkun Ouyang Yulong Yin Qingfang Zhang Source Type: research
Sociophonetic Variation in Vowel Categorization of Australian English
This study involves a perceptual categorization task for Australian English, designed to investigate regional and social variation in category boundaries between close-front vowel contrasts. Data are from four locations in southeast Australia. A total of 81 listeners from two listener groups took part: (a) so-called mainstream Australian English listeners from all four locations, and (b) L1 Aboriginal English listeners from one of the locations. Listeners heard front vowels /ɪ e æ/ arranged in 7-step continua presented at random. Varied phonetic contexts were analyzed, with a focus on coda /l/ because of a well-known pre...
Source: Language and Speech - October 13, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Debbie Loakes Josh Clothier John Hajek Janet Fletcher Source Type: research
Sensorimotor Adaptation to Formant-Shifted Auditory Feedback Is Predicted by Language-Specific Factors in L1 and L2 Speech Production
Lang Speech. 2023 Oct 13:238309231202503. doi: 10.1177/00238309231202503. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAuditory feedback plays an important role in the long-term updating and maintenance of speech motor control; thus, the current study explored the unresolved question of how sensorimotor adaptation is predicted by language-specific and domain-general factors in first-language (L1) and second-language (L2) production. Eighteen English-L1 speakers and 22 English-L2 speakers performed the same sensorimotor adaptation experiments and tasks, which measured language-specific and domain-general abilities. The experiment manipula...
Source: Language and Speech - October 13, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Xiao Cai Mingkun Ouyang Yulong Yin Qingfang Zhang Source Type: research
