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Acquisition of the Tap-Trill Contrast by L1 Mandarin–L2 English–L3 Spanish Speakers by Patience, Matthew

“…The goals of this study were to investigate the developmental patterns of acquisition of the Spanish tap and trill by L1 Mandarin–L2 English–L3 Spanish…”
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Relative difficulty in the L2 acquisition of the Spanish dorsal fricative by Patience, Matthew

“…Research on relative difficulty in L2 production has revealed that learners target the most salient parameter when acquiring new sounds (Colantoni & Steele,…”
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The Role of Task Complexity and Dominant Articulatory Routines in the Acquisition of L3 Spanish by Patience, Matthew, Qian, Wenqing

“…Many studies in L3 phonetics and phonology have found that language dominance plays an influential role in determining the source of transfer. However, any…”
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Perception and Production of Sentence Types by Inuktitut-English Bilinguals by Colantoni, Laura, Klassen, Gabrielle, Patience, Matthew, Radu, Malina, Tararova, Olga

“…We explore the perception and production of English statements, absolute yes-no questions, and declarative questions by Inuktitut-English sequential…”
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Relative Difficulty in the Acquisition of the Phonetic Parameters of Obstruent Coda Voicing: Evidence from Mandarin-Speaking Learners of French by Patience, Matthew, Steele, Jeffrey

“…A recurring finding of research on the L2 acquisition of coda obstruent voicing is that, in terms of the phonetic parameters that serve to realize the voicing…”
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Articulatory Difficulty in L2 Spanish by Patience, Matthew

“…This thesis investigates the role of articulatory difficulty (AD) in the acquisition of L2 Spanish by L1 English speakers. Previous work has revealed that AD…”
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