This paper deals with preception of Australian English back vowels by Korean and Japanese learners of English. The results of the experiment revealed that although language-specific factors played a main role, language-universal factors, in particular...
This paper deals with preception of Australian English back vowels by Korean and Japanese learners of English. The results of the experiment revealed that although language-specific factors played a main role, language-universal factors, in particular with regard to the Australian vowel /??/, also influenced the perception of L2 learners. Three models, the CAH, Flege's model and Best's model, did not provide a perfect prediction on the perception of Australian English back vowels by Korean and Japanese listeners.