Although it has long been recognized that second language pronunciation is strongly influenced by the native language, second language phonology has only become a recognized area of study during the last thirty years. While English has been the most frequent target language involved, the learners' L1s have varied greatly. This is the first collection to gather together studies involving English learners whose L1 is Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese, two closely-related languages with important phonological differences. The research covers vowel perception and production, syllable simplification strategies, word and compound stress, and vowel reduction. While the papers confirm the important role of the native language, they also shed light on the sometimes subtle and unexpected ways in which this variable interacts with universal markedness relationships to determine the formation of phonetic categories and their use in perception and production. These eleven carefully conducted empirical studies will provide insights for practitioners and stimulate further research.
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The volume is superbly well written and organized and, as the first collection to gather studies involving the acquisition of L2 English from the perspective of those who speak English ''with a Latin beat'', it should be considered a starting point for researchers and graduate-level students interested in the subject. -- Walcir Cardoso, Concordia University, on Linguist List, Vol. 19.959 (2008)
1. Introduction (by Baptista, Barbara O.);
2. Part I. Segmental-level
studies: Vowels;
3. Adult phonetic learning of a second language vowel system
(by Baptista, Barbara O.);
4. The phonological and phonetic development of
new vowel contrasts in Spanish learners of English (by Escudero, Paola);
5.
Age and native language influence on the perception of English vowels (by
Gallardo del Puerto, Francisco);
6. Part II. Syllable-level studies: Codas
and onset clusters;
7. The influence of voicing and sonority relationships
on the production of English final consonants (by Baptista, Barbara O.);
8.
Perception and production of vowel paragoge by Brazilian EFL students (by
Koerich, Rosana D.);
9. The sonority cycle and the acquisition of complex
onsets (by Carlisle, Robert Stephen);
10. The influence of voicing on the
production of initial /s/-clusters by Brazilian learners (by Rebello, Jeanne
Teixeira);
11. Production of English initial /s/-clusters by speakers of
Brazilian Portuguese and Argentine Spanish (by Rauber, Andreia Schurt);
12.
Part III. Prosodic-level studies: Stress and rhythm;
13. Variability in the
use of weak forms of prepositions (by Watkins, Michael Alan);
14. Perception
of double stress by Spanish learners of English (by Lecumberri, M* Luisa
Garcia);
15. The production of compound stress by Brazilian learners of
English (by Silveiro, Luiz Armando);
16. Author index;
17. Subject Index
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