Formant frequencies and vowel space area in Javanese and Sundanese English language learners

• Main Authors: Perwitasari, Arum, Klamer, Marian, Schiller, Niels O.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10733/1/14498-44200-1-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10733/; http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/872

Several studies have documented how first language (L1) vowel systems play an important role in the vowel production of a second language (L2). L2 learners of Western languages who exhibit a smaller L1 vowel system are predicted to struggle with producing L2 vowels. However, there remains a paucit...