Discrimination of Canadian French /y/, /u/, /ɑ/, and /e/ by native Canadian-English listeners was investigated to determine if patterns found in standard varieties of French (as explained by the Perceptual Assimilation Model) could be replicated in Canadian French. Front-rounded /y/ paired with /u/ was the focus of investigation, as well as other (control) pairs. It was found that /y/-/u/ was the most difficult to discriminate as compared to other pairs, but that listeners were sensitive to the contrast, which replicates previous findings in European French. Results are explained as a mix of instances of single-category and category-goodness assimilation patterns.

中文翻译：

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加拿大本地英语听众对四个加拿大法语元音的区别。

调查了加拿大本地英语听众对加拿大法语/ y /，/ u /，/ɑ/和/ e /的区分，以确定是否可以复制标准法语版本中的模式（如感知同化模型所解释）用加拿大法语。前舍入的/ y /与/ u /配对是其他研究（控制）对的重点。与其他对相比，发现/ y /-/ u /是最难区分的，但是听众对这种对比很敏感，这种对比在欧洲法语中重复了以前的发现。结果被解释为单一类别和类别-良好同化模式实例的混合。