Corpus based linguistic feature analyses of Chinese learners and perceptual judgment by listeners of different language backgrounds

This study (a) conducted corpus-based feature analyses of Chinese students’ spoken data in phonology, syntax, and discourse, (b) investigated the contributions of the features to the perceptual ratings on foreign accent, comprehensibility, delivery, and general language use, and (c) examined the effects of the listeners’ language backgrounds on their judgements. Copyright © American Association for Applied Linguistics.