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Peer reviewedHenly, Elizabeth; Sheldon, Amy – Language Learning, 1986
Examination of the role of duration in the perception of phonemic contrast (English /r/-/l/) by Cantonese speakers (N=5) showed that increased duration was not sufficient to facilitate perception; differences in the perception of the two sounds by Japanese and Cantonese speakers were partially explained by differences in the phonological…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), Cantonese, Comparative Analysis
