The Role of Acoustic Similarity and Non-Native Categorisation in Predicting Non-Native Discrimination: Brazilian Portuguese Vowels by English vs. Spanish Listeners

The Role of Acoustic Similarity and Non-Native Categorisation in Predicting Non-Native Discrimination: Brazilian Portuguese Vowels by English vs. Spanish Listeners

This study tests whether Australian English (AusE) and European Spanish (ES) listeners differ in their categorisation and discrimination of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) vowels. In particular, we investigate two theoretically relevant measures of vowel category overlap (acoustic vs. perceptual categoris...

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Main Authors: Jaydene Elvin, Daniel Williams, Jason A. Shaw, Catherine T. Best, Paola Escudero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Languages
Subjects:
acoustic similarity
perceptual similarity
non-native discrimination
non-native categorisation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/6/1/44

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