Vocabulary Size Affects One's Ability to Differentiate Between Vowels in a Foreign Language, Say Linguists from RUDN University (IMAGE)

RUDN University

Vocabulary Size Affects One's Ability to Differentiate Between Vowels in a Foreign Language, Say Linguists from RUDN University

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A team of linguists from RUDN University established that a person's ability to accurately differentiate between vowel sounds of a foreign language correlates with the size of their vocabulary in said language.

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