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Direct linkBaker, Wendy; Trofimovich, Pavel; Flege, James E.; Mack, Molly; Halter, Randall – Language and Speech, 2008
This study evaluated whether age effects on second language (L2) speech learning derive from changes in how the native language (L1) and L2 sound systems interact. According to the "interaction hypothesis" (IH), the older the L2 learner, the less likely the learner is able to establish new vowel categories needed for accurate L2 vowel production…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Adults, Children, Phonology
Kabak, Baris; Idsardi, William J. – Language and Speech, 2007
We present the results from an experiment that tests the perception of English consonantal sequences by Korean speakers and we confirm that perceptual epenthesis in a second language (L2) arises from syllable structure restrictions of the first language (L1), rather than linear co-occurrence restrictions. Our study replicates and extends Dupoux,…
Descriptors: Speech, Syllables, Auditory Perception, Hypothesis Testing
Larson-Hall, Jenifer – Language and Speech, 2006
This study tested the issue of whether extended length of residence (LOR) in adulthood can provide sufficient input to overcome age effects. The study replicates Flege, Takagi, and Mann (1995), which found that 10 out of 12 Japanese learners of English with extensive residence (12 years or more) produced liquids as accurately as native speakers of…
Descriptors: Sentences, Age, Second Languages, Native Speakers
