Training Japanese listeners to perceive American English vowels: Influence of training sets

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1496-1509

  Nishi, Kanae ^a,b   Kewley Port, Diane ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; English language learners; Japanese; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAINING; VOWEL;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36749102559     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/103)     Document Type: Article

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