Graded Sensitivity to Vowel Mispronunciations in Newly Learned Words.
Studies of word recognition have demonstrated that listeners show graded sensitivity to mispronunciations of consonants in words, as well as better mispronunciation detection for more familiar words. However, little research has considered whether this graded sensitivity to mispronunciation can also...
| Publicado en: | Language & Speech Vol. 69; no. 3; pp. 853 - 871 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Sep2026
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