Second Language Speech

Theory and Practice

By: Laura Colantoni, Jeffrey Steele, Paola Escudero

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Paperback | 30 September 2015

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Second language acquisition has grown rapidly as a field over the past few decades, seeking to contribute not only to our understanding of how non-native languages are learned and may be better taught, but also to the modeling of human language and cognition. 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. Following an in-depth overview of the major research themes, theories, and experimental methodologies, the book provides extensive discussion of the acquisition of vowels, consonants, and prosody. Each chapter includes illustrative case studies, review questions, and a tutorial section with practical exercises using English and Romance language data from the University of Toronto Romance Phonetics Database. The book also has a companion website, which contains further resources including scripts for conducting research with the Praat software.

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'A comprehensive book on L2 speech is long overdue and these authors exceed all expectations in terms of quality. This volume will forge a new generation of knowledgeable, well-trained scholars.' Barbara E. Bullock, University of Texas, Austin
'This book combines a well-organized and reader-friendly overview of research on non-native speech with skilfully designed guidance on how to conduct this research. I recommend it as a great resource for anyone, student or teacher, who wants to understand or conduct research on second language speech.' Ocke-Schwen Bohn, Aarhus University
'Colantoni, Steele and Escudero are to be commended for demonstrating that the study of second language speech is not an esoteric academic niche but rather a rich, complex epistemological enterprise necessarily informed by linguistic theory and psycholinguistic method. In this valuable book, they have articulated how a wide swathe of our current knowledge in the field has been constructed, and how we (both current and future researchers) need to proceed to create new knowledge.' John Archibald, University of Victoria
'With its wide coverage and accessible content, Second Language Speech will prove to be an accessible textbook, as well as a helpful and valuable manual or reference book in L2 speech research, for many years to come.' Chunsheng Yang, The Linguist List (www.linguistlist.org)

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