This dissertation presents a cross-linguistic investigation of how nonnative sounds are perceived by second language (L2) learners in terms of their first language (L1) categories for an understudies language pair---Japanese ...

This study examines the prospective role of Osaka dialect, a language variation in Japan, in indexing masculinity, fatherhood, and social class. The 2013 film Soshite Chichi ni Naru (Like Father, Like Son) employs Osaka ...

The current study examines second dialect acquisition of North Korean refugees living in Seoul. A total of 14478 stops were measured from each of 22 Pyongyang North Korean standard (NK) and Seoul South Korean (SK) speakers. ...