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Phonemes, features and allophones in L2 phonology. Polish sibilants in Croatian ears (and brains)

The article presents the preliminary results of a study of the perception of foreign phonemes, in particular, Polish phonemes by naï ve Croatian native speakers. Our experiments have shown that listeners identify new, unknown L2 phonemes without prior training if the phonemes utilize the phonological distinctions (distinctive features) present in other phonemes of L1. The results indicate that subjects can extrapolate the knowledge of phonological distinction across different phonemes and that the basic unit of the acquisition of L2 phonology is the feature rather than the phoneme.

phonetics, phonology, L2 phonology, second language acquisition, Polish, Croatian

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