Phonological Asymmetry in Second-Language Learning and Performance

This paper reports on the results of a study in which adult second-language learners' performance on phonological perception tasks was contrasted with their performance in articulatory production. The project was a continuation of earlier work in which the writer found no evidence for language-learning deficits at the level of perception and notable asymmetry between phonological perception and articulatory production in L2. The objectives of the work discussed here were to take a closer look at some of the factors that might account for asymmetry and to see what implications our additional findings might have for the continuing debate about developmentally induced language-learning disabilities.

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