Production of Estonian quantity contrasts by Japanese speakers

Estonian and Japanese are quantity languages both exploiting the duration cue to implement phonological contrasts. However, the quantity systems of the two languages are different – Estonian features a three-way quantity contrast while Japanese has a binary contrast. This paper studies how L2 subjec...

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Main Authors: Einar Meister, Rena Nemoto, Lya Meister
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2015-12-01
Series:Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri
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Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/15175