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Perception of English Voicing by Native and Nonnative Adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Z. S. Bond  and
Joann Fokes
Z. S. Bond
Affiliation:
Ohio University
Joann Fokes
Affiliation:
Ohio University
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Abstract

Recordings of naturally produced stop-vowel English words with a wide range of voice onset time values were used to investigate nonnative perception of voicing categories. L2 learners of English from nine language groups and native American English speakers served as subjects. The responses of the language learners suggested that they were using a hybrid perceptual system, one in which the English voicing categories were not yet fully established.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , December 1991 , pp. 471 - 492
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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