This article offers a developmental theory of language and the neural systems that lead to
and subserve linguistic capabilities. Early perceptual experience and discontinuities in …

Negative attitudes toward foreign-accented speech have led to discrimination against
second-language users in Canada. This article reviews aspects of the Canadian human …

The central focus of this text is language development as a field of basic research, but
applied issues are also considered. Chapter 1 provides an overview and history of the field …

Discrimination of 2 German vowel contrasts was examined in English-learning infants of 6–8
and 10–12 mo of age using a head turn procedure. The younger infants were better able …

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 4th Edition, is a revised and updated edition of the
landmark text focusing on the development of brain and behaviour during infancy …

Phonology in English Language Teaching is an introductory text, specifically directed at the
needs of language teachers internationally. Combining an overview of English phonology …

In much previous research, listeners' rating data have served as a dependent variable to
demonstrate the effects of age of learning, length of residence, and motivation on L2 users' …

The acquisition of a second language (L2) is clearly somehow different from that of a first
language (L1): adult second language learners rarely (if ever) achieve the same native …

This book provides an extensive overview of research into child production and perception.
It focuses primarily on the first two years of life because, for the majority of children, that …

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 …