Voice processing ability predicts second-language phoneme learning in early bilingual adults

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• dc.contributor.author Cordero, Gaël
• dc.contributor.author Paredes-Paredes, Jazmin R.
• dc.contributor.author Perea, Manuel
• dc.contributor.author Sebastián Gallés, Núria
• dc.contributor.author Díaz, Begoña
• dc.date.accessioned 2025-05-29T07:35:20Z
• dc.date.available 2025-05-29T07:35:20Z
• dc.date.issued 2025
• dc.description Data de publicació electrònica: 17-01-2025
• dc.description.abstract Individuals differ greatly in their ability to learn the sounds of second languages, even when learning starts early in life. Recent research has suggested that the ability to identify the idiosyncratic acoustic variations introduced into the speech stream by the speaker might be relevant for second-language (L2) phoneme learning. However, only a positive correlation between voice recognition and phoneme learning has been shown. In the present study, we investigated whether voice processing ability predicts L2 phoneme learning. We employed a battery of behavioral cognitive ability measures to assess voice processing ability and L2 phoneme learning in 57 early bilingual adults. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) and structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that voice processing ability predicts L2 phoneme learning. Our findings align with theories of speech perception that attribute a fundamental role to the analysis of voice cues and suggest that the accurate identification of speaker-specific variation is also relevant for phoneme learning.
• dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Spanish Government, State Research Agency and European Regional Development Fund (PID2019-106924GA-I00, PID2022-137368NB-I00 and PID2021‐123416NB-I00 funded by MICIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER UE) awarded to BD and NSG. MP was awarded a grant from the Valencian Government (CIAICO/2021/172). NSG was awarded the ICREA Academia Prize by the Catalan Government. GC was supported by a doctoral fellowship from the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Two grants financed by the Catalan Generalitat AGAUR (2021 SGR 00911 and 2021 SGR 00625) also supported this work.
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• dc.identifier.citation Cordero G, Paredes-Paredes JR, Perea M, Sebastian-Galles N, Díaz B. Voice processing ability predicts second-language phoneme learning in early bilingual adults. Bilingualism. 2025 Jan 17. DOI: 10.1017/S136672892400110X
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S136672892400110X
• dc.identifier.issn 1366-7289
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/70554
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Cambridge University Press
• dc.relation.ispartof Bilingualism. 2025 Jan 17
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2019-106924GA-I00
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PE/PID2022-137368NB-I00
• dc.rights © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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• dc.subject.keyword Voice processing
• dc.subject.keyword Phoneme learning
• dc.subject.keyword Individual differences
• dc.subject.keyword Confirmatory factor analysis
• dc.subject.keyword Structural equation modeling
• dc.title Voice processing ability predicts second-language phoneme learning in early bilingual adults
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