Influence of L2 English phonotactics in L1 Brazilian Portuguese illusory vowel perception

• Published in: Journal of phonetics Vol. 73; pp. 55 - 69
• Main Authors: Cabrelli, Jennifer, Luque, Alicia, Finestrat-Martínez, Irene
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2019
• Subjects: Attrition; Crosslinguistic influence; Illusory vowels; Perception; Phonotactics; Perception; Crosslinguistic influence; Phonotactics; Illusory vowels; Attrition

•L2 effects in L1 perception of illicit phonotactic structures are examined.•L2 English learners can overcome illusory vowel perception in L1 Brazilian Portuguese.•L1 and L2 perception pattern together in explicit and implicit tasks.•Results point to the maintenance of plasticity of speech perceptio...