Experimental evidence suggests that syllable-final devoicing is often 'incomplete': devoiced
obstruents are phonetically subtly different from underlyingly voiceless ones, and speakers …

Speech of late bilinguals has frequently been described in terms of cross-linguistic influence
(CLI) from the native language (L1) to the second language (L2), but CLI from the L2 to the …

In this chapter, we survey a set of phenomena that have traditionally been given the simple
rubric “final devoicing.” This name, however, clearly conflates a number of different …

The acquisition of a second language (L2) sound system poses significant challenges for
learners, who must acquire a new system of sound contrasts, new restrictions on where …

The purpose of this study was to conduct an acoustic examination of the obstruent stops
produced by Korean–English bilingual children in connection with the question of whether …

The central assertion in this volume is that the young child uses general skills, scaffolded by
adults, to acquire the complex knowledge of sound patterns and the goal-directed behaviors …

Within phonological theory, important roles are assigned to the notions of 'gradience'and
'categoricality'. The opposition qualifies sounds and sound patterns, and is crucial both for …

One of the fundamental problems for constraint-based theories of phonology is the issue of
opacity: a phonological process applies where it should not, or does not apply where it …

This thesis presents an approach to phonological computation and representation which
combines the tenets of substance-free phonology, a framework which implies that …

This study describes certain aspects of the Moroccan Dutch youth variety in Gouda (the
Netherlands). It adopts a critical approach with regard to youth language using current …