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Melissa M. Baese-Berk

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Aug 2026

The transfer of prior experience with pitch during tonal language learning

Studies in second language (L2) acquisition suggest that when the target L2 contains features similar to the learner’s first language (L1), it is generally easier to learn that L2 than if they share minimal similarities. For example, it is easier for native Mandarin speakers to learn a new tonal language than native En...

Carissa A. Diantoro, Melissa M. Baese-Berk · Journal of the Acoustical So... · 0 citations

Aug 2026

L1 Framing Typology and Acoustic Differences in L2 Speech: Insights From Motion Constructions.

Languages differ in how they construct motion events. These crosslinguistic differences, referred to as framing typology, affect how speakers of different languages conceptualize motion events. Differences in event conceptualization may also transfer to the L2 (conceptual transfer), as shown from learners' grammatical...

Carissa A. Diantoro, Hak-Yung Sung, Melissa M. Baese-Berk · Language and Speech · 0 citations