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Review Article: Spanish-English and Portuguese-English Interlanguage Phonology
Eckman, Fred R.
Second Language Research, v27 n2 p273-282 Apr 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 learners of English whose native language is either Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese. The criteria applied for the evaluation lead to the conclusion that, for the most part, the studies are successful in presenting an interesting array of second-language pronunciation patterns, and that such an intersection of domains is a fruitful way to advance the field of interphonology. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Phonology, Interlanguage, Anthologies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Pronunciation, Spanish, Portuguese, Native Language, Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Language Patterns, Content Analysis, Linguistic Theory, Language Research
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