Perception of English /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers Learning

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photo src: qz.comJapanese has one liquid phoneme /r/, realized usually as an apico-alveolar tap [?] and sometimes as an alveolar lateral approximant [l]. English has two: an alveolar lateral approximant /l/ and a rhotic consonant /r/ of varying phonetic properties centered on the alveolar or postalveolar approximant [?]. Japanese speakers who learn English as a second language later than