18.151, Books: Phonology/Socioling: Baptista, Watkins (Eds)

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Subject: 18.151, Books: Phonology/Socioling: Baptista, Watkins (Eds)

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Date: 12-Jan-2007
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: English with a Latin Beat: Baptista, Watkins (Eds) 

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:51:29
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: English with a Latin Beat: Baptista, Watkins (Eds) 

Title: English with a Latin Beat 
Subtitle: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish ? English Interphonology 
Series Title: Studies in Bilingualism 31  

Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SiBil%2031 

Editor: Barbara O. Baptista
Editor: Michael Watkins

Hardback: ISBN: 9789027241429 Pages: 214 Price: U.S. $ 126.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027241429 Pages: 214 Price: Europe EURO 105.00

Abstract:

Although it has long been recognized that second language pronunciation is
strongly influenced by the native language, second language phonology has
only become a recognized area of study during the last thirty years. While
English has been the most frequent target language involved, the learners'
L1s have varied greatly. This is the first collection to gather together
studies involving English learners whose L1 is Spanish or Brazilian
Portuguese, two closely-related languages with important phonological
differences. The research covers vowel perception and production, syllable
simplification strategies, word and compound stress, and vowel reduction. 

While the papers confirm the important role of the native language, they
also shed light on the sometimes subtle and unexpected ways in which this
variable interacts with universal markedness relationships to determine the
formation of phonetic categories and their use in perception and
production. These eleven carefully conducted empirical studies will provide
insights for practitioners and stimulate further research. 

Table of contents

Introduction 
Barbara O. Baptista and Michael Alan Watkins 1-15  
Part I. Segmental-level studies: Vowels   
Adult phonetic learning of a second language vowel system 
Barbara O. Baptista 19-40  
The phonological and phonetic development of new vowel contrasts in Spanish
learners of English 
Paola R. Escudero 41-55  
Age and native language influence on the perception of English vowels 
Francisco Gallardo del Puerto, Mª Luisa Garcia Lecumberri and Jasone Cenoz
57-69  
Part II. Syllable-level studies: Codas and onset clusters   
The influence of voicing and sonority relationships on the production of
English final consonants 
Barbara O. Baptista and Jair L.A. da Silva Filho 73-89  
Perception and production of vowel paragoge by Brazilian EFL students 
Rosana D. Koerich 91-104  
The sonority cycle and the acquisition of complex onsets 
Robert Stephen Carlisle 105-137  
The influence of voicing on the production of initial /s/-clusters by
Brazilian learners 
Jeanne Teixeira Rebello and Barbara O. Baptista 139-154  
Production of English initial /s/-clusters by speakers of Brazilian
Portuguese and Argentine Spanish 
Andréia Schurt Rauber 155-167  
Part III. Prosodic-level studies: Stress and rhythm   
Variability in the use of weak forms of prepositions 
Michael Alan Watkins 171-183  
Perception of double stress by Spanish learners of English 
Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri 185-198  
The production of compound stress by Brazilian learners of English 
Luiz Armando Silveiro and Michael Alan Watkins 199-210  
Author index  211-212  
Subject Index  213-214 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics
                     Bi- & Multilingualism
                     Phonology

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Portuguese (por)
                     Spanish (spa)

Written In: English  (eng)

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