Universal or Diverse Paths to English Phonology

The book is concerned with the acquisition of English phonology, both segmental and suprasegmental, by learners of English as a second language, as a third language and by speakers of a postcolonial ("new") variety of English. It focuses on the acquisition process and factors influencing it, based on insights from all three disciplines.

About the author

Ulrike Gut holds the Chair of Applied English Linguistics at the University of Augsburg (Germany). She obtained degrees in English, psychology and linguistics from the University of Mannheim (Germany) and the University of Cambridge (England), her doctoral degree from the University of Mannheim and her postdoctoral degree (Habilitation) from the University of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany). Her main research interests are phonetics, varieties of English and second language acquisition.

Product details

• Assisted by: Rober Fuchs (Editor), Robert Fuchs (Editor), Ulrike Gut (Editor), Eva-Maria Wunder (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2015
• EAN: 9783110345926
• ISBN: 978-3-11-034592-6
• No. of pages: 250
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 19 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 491 g
• Series: Topics in English Linguistics; Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]; Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]; Topics in English Linguistics; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies