This paper discusses the simplification of forms ending in obstruents by native speakers of
Mandarin, in particular two effects that are not obviously motivated by either the native-or the …

Acquisition of segmental structure in first language acquisition is accomplished through the
interaction of Universal Grammar and the learner's detection of phonemic contrasts in the …

Based on an innovative corpus-based approach, this book offers a comprehensive survey of
the phonological and phonetic properties of L2 speech in English and German. The first part …

When an English word with a postvocalic word-final stop is adapted to Korean, a vowel is
variably inserted after the final stop. Vowel insertion in this position is puzzling not only …

This paper provides evidence from a study of ESL speakers that crosslanguage transfer
effects interact, sometimes in very subtle ways, with developmental effects in the …

This chapter will consider what is involved when an individual speaks, using a language
other than the native language. Speaking is a process of oral language production. It is one …

In this chapter we present the initial stages of work that attempts to assess the'psychological
reality'of one of the more subtle grammatical principles of Optimality Theory (OT; Prince and …

In recent years, researchers in second language acquisition (SLA) have paid increasing
attention to the sociocultural context of language learning. Studies have drawn from a variety …

In this paper, I address the nature of the mental representation of an interlanguage grammar.
The focus will be on the necessity of positing some sort of hierarchical constituent structure …

Listening is widely regarded as an important skill that is difficult and necessary to teach in L2
classrooms. Listening requires both top‐down and bottom‐up processing, yet pedagogical …