Peng Li
List of John Benjamins publications in which Peng Li is involved.
2026 Same vowels, distinct sounds: Phonetic differentiation in early Basque–Spanish bilinguals’ vowel production Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 16:5, pp. 633–647 | Article
Previous research on bilingual speech production has mainly examined individuals whose first languages (L1s) differ in vowel inventories, often focusing on individual vowels and revealing distinct phonetic realizations for cross-language similar sounds. However, little is known about whether… read more
2025 Facilitative L1-transfer in nonnative sound production of monolingual and bilingual learners: Phonological overlap and L2 experience Journal of Second Language Studies 8:1, pp. 58–88 | Article
The L1-transfer pattern may be different between bilinguals and monolinguals as the former has multiple L1 candidates to transfer. This study compared how Mandarin monolingual learners (MDN), Shanghainese-Mandarin bilingual learners (SHM), and Japanese natives produce Japanese stops in… read more
2023 A pedagogical note on teaching L2 prosody and speech sounds using hand gestures Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 9:3, pp. 340–349 | Article
This paper reports the pedagogical decisions in Li et al. (2023) “The effectiveness of embodied prosodic training in L2 accentedness and vowel accuracy” published in Second Language Research. The study revealed that embodied prosodic training improved the overall pronunciation skills of… read more
Not all learners benefit equally: Initial comprehensibility moderates the effect of L2 use on Mandarin speakers’ Spanish comprehensibility after study abroad Journal of Second Language Pronunciation: Online-First Articles | Article
This longitudinal study examines how initial comprehensibility and the amount of L2 use interact to predict Mandarin learners’ Spanish comprehensibility after study abroad (SA). Twenty-seven L1 Mandarin learners of Spanish completed story-retelling tasks before (T1) and after (T2) one academic… read more