Exploring individual differences in native phonetic perception and their link to nonnative phonetic perception.
Claire T. Honda,
Meghan Clayards,
Shari R. Baum
Abstract:Adults differ considerably in their perception of both native and nonnative phonemes. For instance, when presented with continua of native phonemes on two-alternative forced choice (2AFC) or visual analog scaling (VAS) tasks, some people show sudden changes in responses (i.e., steep identification slopes) and others show gradual changes (i.e., shallow identification slopes). Moreover, some adults are more successful than others at learning unfamiliar phonemes. The predictors of these individual differences and… Show more
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