2022
“New” sounds detract attention from “similar” sounds: “New” and “similar” L2 sounds for English speakers learning French
Lombardo D, Whalen D. “New” sounds detract attention from “similar” sounds: “New” and “similar” L2 sounds for English speakers learning French. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2022, 152: a264-a264. DOI: 10.1121/10.0016222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmerican EnglishVoicing of stopsAE speakersL2 accentVoiceless stopsForeign languageFrench utterancesCorrect pronunciationArticulatory gesturesLearners' attentionAdult learnersSpeech literatureCognitive mechanismsPronunciationUtterancesLearnersL2FrenchSoundAccentArticulatoryEnglishSpeakersLanguageVOT
2018
Do Hindi speakers of English realize the acoustic cues for American English /v/ and /w/ contrast?
Grover V, Shafer V, Whalen D, Levy E, Kakadelis S. Do Hindi speakers of English realize the acoustic cues for American English /v/ and /w/ contrast? The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2018, 143: 1756-1757. DOI: 10.1121/1.5035750.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHindi speakersAmerican EnglishLength of residenceSpeakers of EnglishAE speakersPhonological inventoryWord-initialNonsense wordsOnset frequencyFinding of no significant differenceAE groupAcoustic cuesHindiSpeakersFricativesPerception studiesEnglishWordsTokensNo significant differenceCuesOnsetInventorySignificant differenceGroup