Abstract Language experience systematically constrains perception of speech contrasts that
deviate phonologically and/or phonetically from those of the listener's native language …

The author introduces the L2 Linguistic Perception (L2LP) model, a new formal and
comprehensive proposal which integrates, synthesizes, and improves on previous studies …

This study examines whether second language (L2) learners from tonal and non-tonal first
language (L1) backgrounds differ in their perception and production of L2 tones. Ten …

One common characteristic of learners of a second/foreign language who acquired the
language in late adolescence or adulthood is that their productions of the phonetic …

Purpose This study investigated how listeners' native language affects their weighting of
acoustic cues (such as vowel quality, pitch, duration, and intensity) in the perception of …

Title description This stimulating collection of articles from leading international researchers
provides a state-of-the-art overview of core issues in second language speech perception …

The speech of late second language (L2) learners is generally marked by an accent. The
dominant theoretical perspective attributes accents to deficient L2 perception arising from a …

Cross-language perception studies report influences of speech style and consonantal
context on perceived similarity and discrimination of non-native vowels by inexperienced …

The notion of phonetic segment, phone and phoneme are closely related and all are
intuitively appealing. At least one of them seems like the right description for speech. But all …

This chapter provides an overview of the main research questions and findings in the areas
of second language and cross‐language speech perception research, and of the most …