Perceptual assimilation of English vowels by Chinese listeners: Can native-language interference be predicted?

Sun, Lei; van Heuven, Vincent J.

doi:10.1075/avt.24.15sun

Article published In: Linguistics in the Netherlands 2007
Edited by Bettelou Los and Marjo van Koppen
[Linguistics in the Netherlands 24] 2007
► pp. 150–161

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Perceptual assimilation of English vowels by Chinese listeners

Can native-language interference be predicted?

Lei Sun | Dalian Jiaotong University, P.R. China

Vincent J. van Heuven | Leiden University

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Published online: 30 October 2007

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