The present study was an attempt to investigate the impact of English verbal songs on
connected speech aspects of adult English learners' speech production. 40 participants …

The research objectives of this dissertation are:(1) to empirically investigate the origin
behind two (contact) features of Catalonian Spanish,[ł] and [z], inquiring the role of specific …

This paper reports results on the acquisition of the English/p/–/b/contrast by native speakers
of Arabic. This contrast does not exist in the participants' native language (NL). The central …

Foram analisadas acusticamente as produções das vogais [iː ɪ ɛ æ uː ʊ] de brasileiros
que estavam cursando o último semestre de seus cursos de inglês, que começaram a …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Earlier research on first (L1) and second language acquisition (L2A) often focused on the
perceived nativeness of the learner as a function of age of onset of acquisition (AoA) …

This study examined how Korean EFL learners in different proficiency levels attest contrasts
of L2 phonology. To this end, twenty Korean EFL learners in high and low levels of English …

The present study investigates the acoustic features of Italian sibilant fricatives (/s/,/z/and/ʃ/)
in the speech of L1 Spanish learners. Segmental duration, degree of voicing and place of …