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Universal or Diverse Paths to English Phonology / ed. by Ulrike Gut, Robert Fuchs, Eva-Maria Wunder.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 86Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (250 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110345926
  • 9783110394580
  • 9783110346084
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 421/.5 23
LOC classification:
  • PE1133 .U85 2015
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- 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
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.
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Frontmatter -- 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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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