Second Language Accent Faking Ability Depends on Musical Abilities, Not on Working Memory

Studies involving direct language imitation tasks have shown that pronunciation ability is related to musical competence and working memory capacities. However, this type of task may measure individual differences in many different linguistic dimensions, other than just phonetic ones. The present st...

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Main Authors: Marion Coumel, Markus Christiner, Susanne Maria Reiterer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00257/full