Transferring perceptual cue-weighting from second language into first language: Cues to voicing in Russian speakers of English

Publication date: March 2019Source: Journal of Phonetics, Volume 73Author(s): Olga DmitrievaAbstractDoes second language experience affect first language perception? The present paper addresses this question in a study of bilingual cue weighting with a focus on perceptual cues that are of markedly different importance for the corresponding monolingual groups. The study investigates the use of vowel duration and glottal pulsing duration as cues to stop voicing by adult Russian speakers of English, long-term residents of the USA, (n = 37, average age 38.8 years), as well as a control group of monolingual Russians, recruited and tested in Russia, (n = 34, average age 26.1 years) and a control group of monolingual English speakers, recruited and tested in the USA, (n = 34, aver...

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