ENGLISH VOWEL CONTRASTS IN CANTONESE L1 LEARNERS: ACOUSTIC SEPARATION AND PROCESSING STRATEGIES
Cantonese first-language learners of English often struggle with vowel contrasts not clearly represented in Cantonese. This exploratory mixed-methods study investigated the production and self-reported processing of three English contrasts: /iː/–/ɪ/, /æ/–/ɛ/, and /ʌ/–/ɑː/. Acoustic data from seven speakers were analyse...