Facets of pitch sensitivity in L2 prosody acquisition: Roles of domain-general and speech-specific individual differences

Speech perception is thought to draw on multiple abilities, including both domain-general (perceptual, cognitive, motoric) and speech-specific (categorization) processes, yet it remains unclear how individual learners differ across these dimensions and how such differences shape language learning outcomes. This study examined 123 Chinese learners of English to investigate different facets of pitch sensitivity and their impact on acquiring L2 English lexical stress. Participants completed a batte