Generalization across segments in second language consonant identification

Language Learning

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-31

  De Jong, Kenneth J ^a,b   Silbert, Noah H ^a   Park, Hanyong ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Indiana University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Feature structure; Markedness differential hypothesis; Obstruents; Prosodic location; Second language perception; Segment identification; Speaker variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849155886     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2009.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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