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Language-Dependent Cue Weighting in Distinctive Feature: Evidence from the Perception of Mandarin High Vowels by Native English Speakers

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Zhu, Wenhui; Lee, Sun-Hee; Zhang, Xinting – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2023

This study investigates the perception of the three Mandarin high vowels /i, u, y/ after dental, retroflex, and palatal fricatives and affricates (/s/-/[voiceless alveolar affricate]/-/[voiceless alveolar affricate][superscript voiceless glottal fricative]/; /[voiceless retroflex sibilant fricative]/-/[voiceless alveolar affricate]/-/[voiceless…

Descriptors: Vowels, Mandarin Chinese, English, Native Speakers

Prior Language Knowledge, the Language Environment, and Cognitive Resources Set the Stage for New Language Learning in Multilinguals

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Andrea A. Takahesu Tabori – ProQuest LLC, 2022

In this dissertation, I investigated how cognitive resources as well as formal, and informal language experience impact language learning in two studies. In the first study (Chapter 2), I examined the learning of Spanish grammatical gender by Chinese international students who were studying abroad in the US. The goal of that study was to uncover…

Descriptors: Prior Learning, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Spanish