For nearly 25 years, researchers have recognized the rich and numerous facets of native
perception of non‐native speech, driving a large, and growing, body of work that has shed …

The current study presents two meta‐analyses to explore what underlies the assessment
and teaching of comprehensible and nativelike pronunciation among English‐as‐a‐Second …

Abstract Background/Aims: Non-native speech is frequently characterized as being more
variable than native speech. However, the few studies that have directly investigated …

Second language (L2) pronunciation patterns that differ from those of first language (L1)
speakers can affect communication effectiveness. Research on children's L2 pronunciation …

When speaking a foreign language, non-native speakers can typically be readily identified
by their accents. But which aspects of the speech signal determine such accents? Speech …

Inspired by information theoretic analyses of L1 speech and language, this study proposes
that L1 and L2 speech exhibit distinct information encoding and transmission profiles in the …

Few studies have examined global foreign accent (GFA) in bilingual children, and little is
known about how GFA changes over time and what factors determine change. Here, we …

Silent pauses are a natural part of speech production and have consequences for speech
perception. However, studies have shown mixed results regarding whether listeners process …

This study builds on Flege et al.(2006) and evaluated the influence of chronological age and
length of residence in North America on degree of foreign accent in first language (L1) …

Standard Japanese uses pitch accent to distinguish words such as initially-accented hashi
“chopsticks” and finally-accented hashi “bridge.” Research on the second language …