This chapter provides an overview of major theories and findings in the field of second
language (L2) phonetics and phonology. Four main conceptual frameworks are discussed …

Many college students set out on Study Abroad Programs to other countries in which the
variant of the foreign language spoken in the region differs from the variant to which learners …

Previous studies on Chinese dialect variation have mostly focused on the description of
dialects, the regions where these dialects are spoken, attitudes towards dialects, and …

Listeners generally have a greater perceptual sensitivity to native contrasts compared to
allophones (Whalen et al., 1997; Boomershine et al., 2008) or non-native contrasts (Goto …

O reflexo do sistema fonológico da primeira língua (L1) na perceção da fala da segunda
língua (L2) tem sido explorado na área da aquisição da língua segunda. Esta influência, no …

The study is based on an experiment with two groups of participants. One group comprised
of Pakistanis who speak Punjabi and the other comprised of Indian who speak Hindi as the …

Phonotactic knowledge and experience-independent knowledge have both been argued to
cue word segmentation in prior studies (eg Ettlinger, Finn, & Hudson Kam, 2011; McQueen …

Previous studies on Chinese dialect variation have mostly focused on the description of
dialects, the regions where these dialects are spoken, attitudes towards dialects, and …