Processing of English Coda Laterals in L2 Listeners: An Eye-Tracking Study

• Published in: Language and speech Vol. 67; no. 4; pp. 909 - 923
• Main Author: Wang, Yizhou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.12.2024; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Australian English; Coda (Phonology); English as a second language; Eye Movements; Eye-Tracking Technology; Female; Humans; Language; Laterals; Listening; Male; Mandarin; Multilingualism; Native Language; Original; Perceptions; Phonemes; Phonetics; Phonological processing; Phonology; Speech Acoustics; Speech Perception; Vowels; Young Adult; backness; processing; discrimination; eye-tracking; Coda lateral; L2 perception
• ISSN: 0023-8309; 1756-6053; 1756-6053
• DOI: 10.1177/00238309231203899

This study explores speech processing of English coda laterals (dark L’s) in second language (L2) listeners whose native language does not permit laterals at syllable coda positions. We tested L2 listeners’ (native Mandarin) perception of coda laterals following three Australian English vowels diffe...