Speech sound contrasts differ along multiple phonetic dimensions. During speech
perception, listeners must decide which cues are relevant, and determine the relative …

Like its predecessor, the revised Speech Learning Model (SLM-r) focuses on the learning of
L2 vowels and consonants (or “sounds,” for short) across the life-span. To define the context …

The contribution of acoustic dimensions to an auditory percept is dynamically adjusted and
reweighted based on prior experience about how informative these dimensions are across …

Developmental dyslexia is commonly thought to arise from specific phonological
impairments. However, recent evidence is consistent with the possibility that phonological …

Before they even speak, infants become attuned to the sounds of the language (s) they hear,
processing native phonetic contrasts more easily than nonnative ones. For example …

Does second language experience affect first language perception? The present paper
addresses this question in a study of bilingual cue weighting with a focus on perceptual cues …

A book that uses domain-general learning theory to explain recurrent trajectories of
language change. In this book, Vsevolod Kapatsinski argues that language acquisition …

Speech perception flexibly adapts to short-term regularities of ambient speech input. Recent
research demonstrates that the function of an acoustic dimension for speech categorization …

It is known that some adult listeners have more sharply defined perceptual categories than
others, and listeners with more precise auditory targets are also more precise in their …

Perception involves integration of multiple dimensions that often serve overlapping,
redundant functions, for example, pitch, duration, and amplitude in speech. Individuals tend …