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Direct linkEckman, Fred R. – Second Language Research, 2011
This review article evaluates the intersection of the content of two recent anthologies in second language (L2) phonology. One of the books lays out both the methodological context and theoretical underpinnings of the field, whereas the other volume reports 11 empirical studies on the L2 acquisition of several aspects of pronunciation by adult…
Descriptors: Phonology, Interlanguage, Anthologies, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedThonus, Terese – World Englishes, 1991
A study of 47,542 telephone directory listings of business names in Brazil to document the extent of Englishization in Brazilian Portuguese indicated that business names, rather than being linked to an international variety of commercial English, may be viewed as a form of function interlanguage identifying the referent as trendy or unique. (28…
Descriptors: Business Communication, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Industry
Baptista, Barbara O. – IRAL, 1989
An analysis of Brazilian learners' errors in English word stress revealed a difficulty hierarchy of stress pattern rules and six stress prediction strategies: (1) cognate stress patterns; (2) predominant stress patterns of English; (3) initial vowels and consonants; (4) verbs with a tense vowel in the final syllable; (5) tertiary stress; and (6)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Interference (Language), Interlanguage
