A cross-language study utilizing the mismatch negativity (MMN) evoked response was
conducted to explore the influence of language experience on the preattentive cortical …

Two studies explored the role of native language use of an acoustic cue, vowel duration, in
both native and non-native contexts in order to test the hypothesis that non-native listeners' …

This study aims to investigate the perception and production of the English/ɪ/–/iː/vowel
contrast by Cypriot Greek speakers of English as a second language (L2). The participants …

It is known that adult language learners often struggle to accurately pronounce unfamiliar
sounds in the target language, but the extent and duration of the linguistic experience is …

The degree of similarity between the sounds of a speaker's first and second language (L1
and L2) is believed to determine the likelihood of accurate perception and production of the …

The precise structure of speech sound representations is still a matter of debate. In the
present neurobiological study, we compared predictions about differential sensitivity to …

There is a substantial literature describing how infants become more sensitive to differences
between native phonemes (sounds that are both present and meaningful in the input) and …

This study compares the effect of two high variability phonetic training (HVPT) methods on
specifically attended sounds and on implicitly exposed but unattended sounds. Several …

The present study investigates the assimilation of the Cypriot Greek (CGR) vowels to the
phonological categories of Egyptian Arabic (EA) as well as the discrimination of 2 stressed …

The aim of the present study was to determine differences in cortical processing of
consonant–vowel syllables and acoustically matched non-speech sounds, as well as novel …