Phonetic categorization ability and vocabulary size contribute to the encoding of difficult second-language phonological contrasts into the lexicon

M Llompart - Bilingualism: Language and cognition, 2021 - cambridge.org
This study investigated the contribution of second-language (L2) phonetic categorization
abilities and vocabulary size to the phonolexical encoding of challenging non-native …

Phonological processing and the L2 mental lexicon: Looking back and moving forward

I Darcy, M Llompart, R Hayes-Harb, JC Mora… - Studies in Second …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Twenty-five years ago, the publication of an article by Pallier, Colomé, and Sebastián-Gallés
(2001) launched a new and rapidly evolving research program on how second language …

L2 processing of words containing English/æ/-/ɛ/and/l/-/ɹ/contrasts, and the uses and limits of the auditory lexical decision task for understanding the locus of difficulty

S Barrios, R Hayes-Harb - Frontiers in Communication, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Second language (L2) learners often exhibit difficulty perceiving novel phonological
contrasts and/or using them to distinguish similar-sounding words. The auditory lexical …

Lexical representations can rapidly be updated in the early stages of second-language word learning

M Llompart, E Reinisch - Journal of Phonetics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Encoding second-language (L2) phonological contrasts into lexical representations
is known to be challenging above and beyond the perceptual difficulties that these contrasts …

Perceptually Easy Second-Language Phones Are Not Always Easy: The Role of Orthography and Phonology in Schwa Realization in Second-Language French

E Heiszenberger, E Reinisch… - Language and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Encoding and establishing a new second-language (L2) phonological category is
notoriously difficult. This is particularly true for phonological contrasts that do not exist in the …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating Adult Learners' Perceptual and Phonolexical Representations of Novel Phonological Contrasts

SL Barrios, R Hayes-Harb, JC Moffatt - Languages, 2024 - mdpi.com
Previous studies have shown that language learners' auditory word recognition behavior
provides evidence for independent contributions of perceptual and phonolexical …

When Phonological Systems Collide: The Role of the Lexicon in L2 Phonetic Learning

F Neumann - 2021 - search.proquest.com
The acquisition of a sound system is an integral component of second language (L2)
communication, yet it is one of the most difficult skills to teach and is therefore largely …