Is there conflation? An acoustic analysis of vowels in Japanese English

This article examines whether conflation, a term introduced by Nihalani, occurs among English vowels produced by four Japanese native speakers reading a short English text. On the basis of perceptual, acoustic, and statistical methods, it is argued that conflation is not key to understanding the str...

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Main Authors: Yamaguchi, Toshiko, Chiew, Poh Shin
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
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