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Nonnative or second language (L2) perception of segmental sequences is often characterised by perceptual modification processes, which may “repair” a nonnative sequence that is phonotactically illegal in the listeners’ native language (L1) by transforming the sequence into a sequence that is phonotactically  legal  in the L1. Often repairs involve the insertion of phonetic materials (epenthesis), but we focus, here, on the less-studied phenomenon of perceptual deletion of nonnative phonemes by testing L1 Mandarin listeners’ perception of post-vocalic laterals in L2 English using the triangulating methods of a cross-language goodness rating task, an AXB task, and an AX task. The data were analysed in the framework of the Perceptual Assimilation Model (PAM/PAM-L2), and we further investigated the role of L2 vocabulary size on task performance. The experiments indicate that perceptual deletion occurs when the post-vocalic lateral overlaps with the nucleus vowel in terms of tongue backness specification. In addition, Mandarin listeners’ discrimination performance in some contexts was significantly correlated with their English vocabulary size, indicating that continuous growth of vocabulary knowledge can drive perceptual learning of novel L2 segmental sequences and phonotactic structures.

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Difficulties in decoupling articulatory gestures in L2 phonemic sequences: the case of Mandarin listeners’ perceptual deletion of English post-vocalic laterals