Non-Native Listeners’ Use of Information in Parsing Ambiguous Casual Speech

Non-Native Listeners’ Use of Information in Parsing Ambiguous Casual Speech

During conversation, speakers produce reduced speech, and this can create homophones: ‘we were’ and ‘we’re’ can both be realized as [ɚ], and ‘he was’ and ‘he’s’ can be realized as [ɨz]. We investigate the types of information non-native listeners (Dutch L1-English L2) use to perceive the tense of su...

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Main Authors: Natasha Warner, Daniel Brenner, Benjamin V. Tucker, Mirjam Ernestus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
Series:Languages
Subjects:
speech reduction
speech perception
L2 listening
acoustic reduction
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/10/1/8
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