Covert contrast is the statistically reliable distinction between target language phonemes
produced in the process of language acquisition that is nevertheless not perceived by a …

The current research of French Immersion suggests that the education of a minority second
language is complex, important to study and yet to be understood in the context of Western …

The purpose of this article is to report results of an investigation into the production of a
covert contrast by native speakers of Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish in the acquisition of …

Most studies of speech perception employ highly controlled stimuli. It is not always clear how
such results extend to the processing of natural speech. In a series of experiments, we …

The cause (s) of missing inflectional morphology in obligatory contexts by adult speakers of
second language (L2) English is subject to ongoing discussion. Whatever the specific …

The cover of this book poses the interesting question of why'second language learners may
master the grammar and vocabulary of the new languages, but almost never achieve a …

This issue addresses the intersection of technology and pronunciation, discussing past,
current and future uses of technology, the use of technology for researching L2 …

Research attempting to understand the intermediate stages of first-language acquisition and
disordered speech has led to the discovery of covert contrast. A covert contrast is a …

This study aimed to investigate the role that phonetic convergence plays in the acquisition of
L2 segments. In particular, it examined whether phonetic convergence towards native …

Cilj ove disertacije je dvojak. S jedne strane se akustički ispituje kvalitet vokala u
savremenom standardnom britanskom izgovoru engleskog jezika (Eksperiment 1), te se …