@inproceedings{a39cf090ea5d4e82859938ae0ab1ac76,
title = "The lexical statistics of word recognition problems caused by L2 phonetic confusion",
abstract = "Phonetic confusions in L2 listening lead to three types of problem at the lexical level: inability to distinguish minimal pairs (e.g. write, light), spurious activation of embedded words (e.g. write in delighted) and delay in resolution of ambiguity (e.g. distinction between register and legislate at the sixth instead of the first phoneme). The statistics of each of these, computated from a 70,000+ word English lexicon backed by frequency statistics from a 17.9 million word corpus, establish that each causes substantial added difficulty for L2 listeners.",
keywords = "second language acquisition, phonetics, listening, word recognition, English language",
author = "Anne Cutler",
year = "2005",
language = "English",
publisher = "Causal Productions",
booktitle = "Interspeech Lisboa 2005: 9th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, September 4-8, 2005",
note = "Interspeech ; Conference date: 06-09-2015",
}