Factors Affecting Nonnative Consonant Cluster Learning.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Nonnative consonant cluster learning has become a useful experimental approach for learning about speech motor learning, and we sought to enhance our understanding of this area and to establish best practices for this type of research.

Method

One hundred twenty individuals completed a nonnative consonant cluster learning task within a speech motor learning paradigm. Following a brief prepractice, participants then practiced the production of eight word-initial nonnative consonant clusters embedded in bisyllabic nonwords (e.g., GD in /gdivu/). The clusters ranged in difficulty according to linguistic typology and sonority sequencing. Acquisition was operationalized as the change across the practice section and learning was assessed with two retention sessions (R1: 30

SUBMITTER: Buchwald A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10555463 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature