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Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education

Table 1 Identification error rates for target vowels by L1 English learners

From: Language-dependent cue weighting in distinctive feature: evidence from the perception of Mandarin high vowels by native English speakers

Mandarin vowel

English learner (n = 19)

Total error number

Mean error rate (SD; range)

y

61

35.7% (0.24; 0–78%)

u

28

16.4% (0.16; 0–56%)

i

0

0%

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