This study examines the production of English final stops /p, b, t, d, k, g/ by native Chinese speakers in Taiwan. Sixteen females in four age groups performed structured production tasks involving the reading of CVC items in a word list, sentences, and a connected prose passage. Results show variation for task, final stop, age, and native linguistic variety (Amoy vs. Mandarin).
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