Although the high-variability training method can enhance learning of non-native speech
categories, this can depend on individuals' aptitude. The current study asked how general …

Two cross-linguistic experiments comparing musicians and non-musicians were performed
in order to examine whether musicians have enhanced perception of specific acoustical …

This study reports effects of a high-variability training procedure on nonnative learning of a
Japanese geminate-singleton fricative contrast. Thirty native speakers of Dutch took part in a …

Japanese has a phonemic contrast between short and long nasal and obstruent consonant
series, as exemplified by minimal pairs like [kata]'frame'vs.[katta]'bought'and …

This study explores which acoustic correlates best distinguish the voicing contrast in
Lebanese Arabic, a language with a two-way voicing contrast that occurs with both singleton …

This study investigates medial gemination patterns in Lebanese Arabic (LA). It offers an
account of the duration patterns of quantity distinction for vowels and consonants in LA by …

This work examines the production and perception of the Japanese singleton versus
geminate stop contrast in order to investigate properties that distinguish the contrast in the …

How well can non-native length contrasts for vowels and for consonants be perceived and is
one type more difficult than the other? Three listener groups (native Italian and German as …

Previous research suggests that mastering languages with distinct rather than similar
rhythmic properties enhances musical rhythmic perception. This study investigates whether …

This study examines a major linguistic event underway in New York City. Of its 10 million
inhabitants, nearly a third are speakers of Spanish. This community is socially and …