The perceptual distance between vowels : the effects of prototypicality and extremity
The present dissertation is concerned with a question of how the perceptual distance between vowels in foreign languages (L2) and those in one's first language (L1) is determined. According to current models of L2 acquisition, the degree of difficulty that the learner faces in perceptually lear...
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University of Edinburgh
1999
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.659862 |