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Perceptual assimilation and discrimination of non-native vowel contrasts
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Research on language-specific tuning in speech perception has focused mainly on consonants, while that on non-native vowel perception has failed to address whether the same principles apply. Therefore, non-native vowel perception was investigated here in light of relevant theoretical models: The Perceptual Assimilation Model (PAM) and the Natural Referent Vowel (NRV) framework. American-English speakers completed discrimination and L1-assimilation (categorization and goodness rating) tests on six non-native vowel contrasts. Discrimination was consistent with PAM assimilation types, but asymmetries predicted by NRV were only observed for single-category assimilations, suggesting that perceptual assimilation might modulate the effects of vowel peripherality on non-native vowel perception.
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URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24923313 https://doi.org/10.1159/000356237 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4143388/
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Perceptual assimilation and discrimination of non-native vowel contrasts
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