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Universal or diverse paths to English phonology / edited by Ulrike Gut, Robert Fuchs, Eva-Maria Wunder.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Topics in English linguistics ; 86.
- Topics in English linguistics, 1434-3452 ; 86
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Phonology.
- English language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Table of contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The phonology of Brunei English: L2 English or emergent variety
- 3. Rothicity in Malaysian English: The emergence of a new norm?
- 4. Cross-linguistic influence in second vs. third language acquisition of phonology
- 5. Differences in the perception of English vowel sounds by child L2 and L3 learners
- 6. Loanword adaptation and second language acquisition: Convergence and divergence
- 7. Onset consonant cluster realisation in Nigerian English: The emergence of an endogenous variety?
- 8. Acquiring English and French speech rhythm in a multilingual classroom: A comparison with Asian Englishes
- 9. A sonority-based account of speech rhythm in Chinese learners of English
- 10. English word stress in L2 and postcolonial varieties: systematicity and variation
- 11. Prosodic marking of focus in transitive sentences in varieties of South African English
- 12. Epilogue: Universal or diverse paths to English phonology?
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9783110394580
- 3110394588
- 9783110346084
- 3110346087
- OCLC:
- 908074392
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