Table 2.

Stimuli set characteristics.

	SIMILAR		DISSIMILAR
	Training	Transfer	Training	Transfer
Average number of different phonemes	19	13	28	28
Average phonotatic probabilities: position-Specific	1.25	1.21	1.17	1.18
Average phonotatic probabilities: biphone	1.11	1.01	1	1
Intraword similarity: consonants	4	8	0	8
Intraword similarity: vowels	8	0	4	4
Percentage of consonant features
Voiced	55	40	28	28
Voiceless	43	60	73	73
Place: bilabial	0	0	30	20
Place: labiodental	20	0	20	10
Place: interdental	20	27	20	17
Place: alveolar	55	53	17	25
Place: palatal	20	40	27	33
Place: velar	20	40	33	13
Manner: stop	35	40	30	33
Manner: fricative	60	44	50	40
Manner: affricate	20	27	10	20
Manner: liquid	20	10	10	0
Manner: glide	0	0	10	10
Manner: nasal	13	20	30	15
Percentage of vowel features
High	0	0	43	43
Mid	53	47	25	33
Low	47	53	25	23
Front	43	33	40	57
Central	20	33	10	15
Back	50	50	53	33