Cognitive scientists across disciplines have shown a vested interest in examining if and how
the speech perception and production modalities are connected. The field of second …

This volume is the first handbook dedicated to language attrition, the study of how a
speaker's language may be affected by crosslinguistic interference and non-use. The effects …

According to Flege׳ s Speech Learning Model, the speech sounds of a bilingual׳ s
languages are contained in one common phonological space. This predicts bidirectional …

In this study, we test the hypothesis that code-switching leads to phonological convergence
by examining voice onset time (VOT) realization in the spontaneous code-switched speech …

The purpose of this study was to investigate phonological attrition in 10 native Albanian
speakers who acquired Standard Southern British English (SSBE) as a second language …

Aims and Objectives/Purpose/Research Questions: We investigate the extent to which L1
versus adult L2 phonological systems resist influence from an L3. We test the Phonological …

This study investigated how bilinguals' perception of their first language (L1) differs
according to age of reduced contact with L1 after immersion in a second language (L2) …

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 …

Linguistic studies focusing on monolinguals have often examined individuals with
considerable experience using another language. Results of a methodological review …

This paper reports findings of an experiment investigating the vocalisation and the
realisation of post-vocalic/r/in varieties of English and German. The study aims to explore …