Foreign accent : the ontogeny and phylogeny of second language phonology

Author(s)

• Major, Roy C.

Bibliographic Information

Foreign accent : the ontogeny and phylogeny of second language phonology

Roy C. Major

（Second language acquisition research : theoretical and methodological issues / Susan M. Gass, Jacquelyn Schac[h]ter, series editors）

Routledge, 2014

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-197) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Even though second-language learners may master the grammar and vocabulary of the new languages, they almost never achieve a native phonology (accent). Scholars and professionals dealing with second-language learners would agree that this is one of the most persistent challenges they face. Now, for the first time, Roy Major's Foreign Accent covers the exploding scholarship in this area and lays out the issues specifically for audiences in the second language acquisition and applied linguistics community.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Preliminaries to Research in Second Language Phonology. Linguistic Explanations for Second Language Phonological Systems. Variation. The Ontogeny Phylogeny Model of Language Acquisition and Change. The Ontogeny Phylogeny Model in Language Contact and Change. Conclusion.

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Details

• NCID: BB14622327
• ISBN:
  • 9780415721950
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 211 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P118.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Second language acquisition
  • LCSH : Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology
  • LCSH : Languages, acquisition
  • LCSH : Languages in contact
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA24627126