To What Extent do we Hear Phonemic Contrasts in a Non-native Regional Variety? Tracking the Dynamics of Perceptual Processing with EEG

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-173

  Dufour, Sophie ^a,c   Brunellière, Angèle ^b   Nguyen, Noël ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Speech perception; Vowel discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875584789     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-012-9212-8     Document Type: Article

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