Perceptual assimilation predicts acquisition of foreign language sounds: The case of Azerbaijani learners’ production and perception of Standard Southern British English vowels
Perceptual Assimilation Model's predictions were mostly confirmed. No significant correlation was found between production and perception. Poor discrimination of English /ʌ-ɒ/, /ɑ-ʌ/, /ʊ-u/ and /ɑ-ɒ/ pairs was observed.