https://katsuragicsl.github.io/tags/linguistics/Recent content in Linguistics on Script Adultshttps://katsuragicsl.github.io/images/papermod-cover.pnghttps://katsuragicsl.github.io/images/papermod-cover.pngHugo -- 0.128.2en-usFri, 26 Jun 2026 18:35:52 +0800https://katsuragicsl.github.io/blogs/misc/even-a-chinchilla-is-better-than-you-in-language-learning/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:50:34 +0800https://katsuragicsl.github.io/blogs/misc/even-a-chinchilla-is-better-than-you-in-language-learning/Ok it is definitely a clickbait. But as a native speaker of a language (Cantonese, Hong Kong/GuangZhou dialect) that does not have voicing constracts in its consonants, I had a real hard time in differentiate voiced and voiceless consonants when I started learning Japanese (which has the voicing constracts, and the voiceless consonants are unaspirated in native speakers’ mouths most of the time). It was >10 years ago and I still remember how many times I listened and pronounced voiced and voiceless consonants with a Praat installed in my computer, and looked at the spectrograms allllll day long.