Second Language Speech - Theory and Practice

Informationen zum Autor Laura Colantoni is Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on sound change and categorization and the second language acquisition of variable phonetic parameters. Jeffrey Steele is Associate Professor in the Department of French at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on second and third language acquisition as well as language assessment. Paola Escudero is Associate Professor in the MARCS Institute at the University of Western Sydney. Her research focuses on speech and visual development in diverse populations, including human infants, children and adults, and zebra finches. Klappentext This textbook focuses on second language speech - how individuals perceive and produce the sounds of their second language. Zusammenfassung Drawing on research from applied linguistics! linguistics! psychology and the speech sciences! this textbook focuses particularly on second language speech - how individuals perceive and produce the sounds of their second language. Each chapter includes illustrative case studies! review questions! and a tutorial section with practical exercises. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Questions and Frameworks for the Study of Second Language Speech: 1. An introduction to second language speech research; 2. Theoretical concepts and frameworks; Part II. Research Methodology: 3. Research methodology; Part III. Case Studies and Analysis of L2 Speech Perception and Production: 4. Vowels; 5. Obstruents; 6. Sonorants; 7. Sequences; 8. Prosody; 9. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Laura Colantoni, Laura (University of Toronto) Colantoni, Laura (University of Toronto) Steele Colantoni, Laura Steele Colantoni, Colantoni Laura, Paola Escudero, Paola (University of Western Sydney) Escudero, Escudero Paola, Jeffrey Steele, Jeffrey (University of Toronto) Steele, Steele Jeffrey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2015
• EAN: 9781107655751
• ISBN: 978-1-107-65575-1
• No. of pages: 430
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Phonetics, phonology, Language acquisition