Salento Italian listeners’ perception of American English vowels

Bianca Sisinni, Paola Escudero, Mirko Grimaldi

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[The present study investigates Salento Italian (SI) listeners' initial state in the perception of American English (AE) vowels. Results of categorization and discrimination tasks are discussed in terms of the Perceptual Assimilation Model [1] and the Second Language Linguistic Perception model (L2LP; [2]). Further, the categorization results are compared to those of the Peruvian Spanish (PS) listeners in [3] to test the L2LP acoustic hypothesis, according to which the acoustic differences between the five SI and PS vowels will lead to different categorizations of AE vowels. Predictions of differential perceptual development across listener groups are provided.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2013), 25-29 August 2013, Lyon, France
    PublisherInternational Speech Communication Association
    Pages2091-2094
    Number of pages4
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    EventInternational Speech Communication Association. Conference -
    Duration: 25 Aug 2013 → …

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    ISSN (Print)2308-457x

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    ConferenceInternational Speech Communication Association. Conference
    Period25/08/13 → …

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