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Curtin, Suzanne; Goad, Heather; Pater, Joseph – Second Language Research, 1998
To examine the perceptual acquisition of Thai voice and aspiration contrasts, Canadian native English and native French speakers were taught 18 Thai words and then tested midpoint during training, on the day following training, and after one week with no exposure to Thai. Results indicated that both groups lexically represented voice contrasts…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Foreign Countries, Phonology, Second Language Learning