The perception of English vowel contrasts: The case of Monolingual, Bilingual, and Heritage Speakers of Spanish and English
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This study investigated the effects of language experience and native/non-native vowel contrasts on Spanish and English monolingual, bilingual, and heritage speakers' perception of American English vowels [i], [ɪ], [eɪ], [ɛ], and [ӕ]. The findings demonstrate that the heritage Spanish speakers and the native Spanish bilingual speakers perceive English vowels nearly identically. The findings also demonstrate that non-native sounds are perceived differently based on experience in the L2. Implications for models of cross-language speech perception are discussed.
