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Cross-linguistic similarity in L2 suprasegmental learning: evidence from Chinese learners’ perception of Japanese pitch accents

Yang, Yu, Dong, Longjie, Xia, Quansheng, Yang, Yuxiao, Chen, Fei·2025·Journal of Phonetics
DOI 10.1016/j.wocn.2025.101458
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Authors
Yang, Y., Dong, L., Xia, Q., Yang, Y., & Chen, F.
Affiliations
  • Hunan University (CN)
  • Nankai University (CN)
  • Hunan Normal University (CN)
Corresponding author
Chen, Fei
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Venue
Journal of Phonetics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2025-11
Volume
113
Pages
101458
ISSN
0095-4470 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.wocn.2025.101458
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W4415755359
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2026: 2
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journal article
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en
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  • National Social Science Fund of China
  • National Social Science Fund Youth Project (24CYY097)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
Keywords
cross-linguistic similarity, prosodic features, Japanese pitch accent, Mandarin lexical tones, Chinese learners of Japanese, perceptual assimilation, acoustic similarity

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