Phonology and second language acquisition /

This volume is a collection of 13 chapters, each devoted to a particular issue that is crucial to our understanding of the way learners acquire, learn, and use an L2 sound system. In addition, it spans both theory and application in L2 phonology. The book is divided into three parts, with each secti...

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Other Authors: Edwards, Jette G. Hansen, Zampini, Mary L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2008.
Series:Studies in bilingualism ; v. 36.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Phonological acquisition in a first language / Diane K. Ohala
  • Exploring the role of age in the acquisition of a second language phonology / Georgette Ioup
  • Transfer in second language phonology : a review / Roy C. Major
  • Typological markedness and second language phonology / Fred R. Eckman
  • Second language phonology in optimality theory / Barbara Hancin-Bhatt
  • Speech perception in second language learners : the re-education of selective perception / Winifred Strange and Valerie L. Shafer
  • Foreign accent and speech intelligibility / Murray J. Munro
  • L2 speech production research : findings, issues, and advances / Mary L. Zampini
  • Social factors and variation in production in L2 phonology / Jette G. Hansen Edwards
  • Training non-native language sound patterns : lessons from training Japanese adults on the English contrast / Ann R. Bradlow
  • Ultrasound imaging applications in second language acquisition / Bryan Gick [and others]
  • Technologies for prosody in context : past and future of L2 research and practice / Dorothy M. Chun, Debra M. Hardison, and Martha C. Pennington
  • Curriculum issues in teaching pronunciation to second language learners / Tracey M. Derwing.